5:08 pm today

Infrastructure Investment Summit kicks off in Auckland

From Checkpoint, 5:08 pm today

Government ministers have spent the day wooing potential investors, trying to convince them that New Zealand is the safest place for them to splash their cash. The Infrastructure Investment Summit has kicked off in Auckland, with companies controlling a collective 6 trillion dollars of assets and funds being asked to help cut down New Zealand's infrastructure deficit. Political reporter Giles Dexter has been at the summit.