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Advocacy & Submissions

Civil Contractors New Zealand gives members the opportunity to have their views heard and their interests represented at both local and national levels.

Civil Contractors New Zealand provides a strong voice for the civil construction industry, identifying the opportunities and challenges faced by members and communicating these to government, business, communities, organisations and the general public. The organisation works at a national and local level to make sure the voice of civil contractors is heard by decision makers in local and central government. The Healthy Construction Sector Statement forms the basis for much of our advocacy. Members: if you have an issue you would like us to tackle, get in touch.

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NZ’s civil contractors welcome incoming government

New Zealand’s civil contractors welcome the formation of New Zealand’s next government and congratulate the incoming Ministers across the three coalition partners.

Submission: Emergency Management Bill

CCNZ submitted on the draft Emergency Management Bill, based on feedback from members. The submission calls for more recognition of the role contractors play in responding to emergencies, including examples from severe weather events earlier this year. It also calls for a wider review of the emergency management system.

Retentions changes come into force today

A new amendment to the Construction Contracts Act comes into force today, providing further protection to contractor retention money.

Upcoming submission: Emergency Management Bill

CCNZ will be making a submission on the The Emergency Management Bill, which will replace the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002.

Draft National Engineering Design Standards in progress

CCNZ is working to inform the draft National Engineering Design Standards. These standards are a technical code for drinking, waste and stormwater reticulation infrastructure is being developed to create national alignment on methods of design and construction and to provide more efficient and productive delivery of water of water infrastructure.

Retentions changes to Construction Contracts Act come into force 5 October

The Construction Contracts (Retention Money) Amendment Act 2023 will come into effect on 5 October 2023, and will become part of the Construction Contracts Act 2002. There are key changes civil contractors should be aware of.

CCNZ Submission: Government Policy Statement on Land Transport

CCNZ made a submission on the Draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport, agreeing with the strategic focus, increased funding, renewed focus on network condition. However, ongoing issues around how the transport network was funded in the long term and huge variances in the upper and lower spending limits for some activities were raised.

Upcoming submission: Draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport

The government has released its draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2024/25-2033/34. Submissions on the draft GPS close 15 September 2023. CCNZ will be making a submission.

Confidence in infrastructure resilience going underwater

New Zealand’s infrastructure is not able to cope with increased severe weather events. That’s one of the key findings from the annual Construction Industry Survey, a partnership between Teletrac Navman and Civil Contractors New Zealand.

Government transport policy gets back on the rails

New Zealand’s civil contractors welcome the focus on consistency, resilience and maintenance in today's Draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2024/25-2033/34 - but caution there is a long road ahead to resolve historic underfunding and build resilience into the country’s transport network.

Submission: Lifting the resilience of New Zealand’s critical infrastructure consultation

CCNZ made a submission on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's stage one consultation on Lifting the resilience of New Zealand’s critical infrastructure.

Column - let's keep the politicians honest

CCNZ Chief Executive Alan Pollard's 27 July column focuses on the need to keep politicians from across the political spectrum on track in the leadup to the 2023 election.

Joint letter to Minister of Transport on policy delays

CCNZ wrote a joint letter to Minister of Transport David Parker alongside Infrastructure NZ about ongoing policy delays in the transport portfolio, calling for the Government to clarify its intentions regarding the Government Policy Statement for Land Transport and the review of road user charges.

Submission: Response to Climate Change Commission's advice on Second Emissions Reduction Plan

CCNZ made a submission to He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission on “2023 draft advice to the Government to inform the strategic direction of the Government’s second Emissions Reduction Plan”

Construction Industry Survey 2023 - help set the direction for NZ's civil construction industry

The 2023 Construction Industry Survey is open for entries. Take the survey, let us know about the challenges and opportunities you see, and help set the direction for NZ's civil construction industry.

Submission: Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill

CCNZ submitted on the draft Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill, calling for greater engagement with contractors around conducting emergency response works.

CCNZ submission: Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill and Water Services Legislation Bill

CCNZ made submissions on the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill and Water Services Legislation Bills, calling for better consultation with the contractors involved in the physical construction and maintenance of the country's water infrastructure and raising concerns around impact for council-owned contractors.

CCNZ submission on RMA reform

CCNZ has made submissions on the Natural and Built Environment (NBE) Bill and Spatial Planning (SP) Bill, which are two parts of the legislation proposed to replace the Resource Management Act.

Immigration changes show NZ ‘open for business’ once again

After several years of closed borders, government moves to incorporate skilled civil construction trade roles into the Immigration New Zealand Green List can’t come soon enough, say New Zealand’s infrastructure construction contractors.