New Zealand is open for business

• By Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister and MP for Botany

As you know, our Government’s main focus for 2025 is economic growth.

Economic growth means more money in your back pocket, a reduced cost of living, and more options for you and your family.

One of the ways we can achieve economic growth is by investing in modern and reliable infrastructure.

Last week I was pleased to be back in Auckland where our Government is hosting an Infrastructure Investment Summit, showcasing our infrastructure pipeline and opportunities to companies managing roughly $6 trillion worth of capital.

These financial companies and institutions manage assets and funds around the world, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and major banks.

The summit also brings the construction and engineering sectors to the table.

Meeting them are representatives from our investment and construction community, including a number of iwi investment entities, ACC and the New Zealand Super Fund.

Several Ministers will be at the summit, showcasing our ambitious pipeline of projects in transport, health, education, courts and corrections, and the resources sector.

We want to make it clear to investors and the world that New Zealand is open for business and showcase the best we have to offer.

We’re aiming to attract businesses and foreign capital to invest in our country and the infrastructure projects New Zealanders need to get ahead, so we can grow our economy and create more opportunities for Kiwis.

We are moving quickly to create an environment that welcomes international capital and makes it easier to get infrastructure built in New Zealand.

We’re reforming our foreign investment laws and immigration settings, and our Fast Track Approvals regime is up and running.

We’re serious about our economic growth agenda, to create high-paying jobs, increase productivity, and enable more opportunities for Kiwis to get ahead, and what better place to showcase this than in our wonderful city.