So, the Government thinks they’re all about growth.  

So why in the weekend was Radio New Zealand reporting that engineering New Zealand was calling the Government out for gaslighting about it’s going for growth strategy. 

They accuse the Government of talking up infrastructure development.  And yet in the last 15 months since the formation of the Government they have stalled, frozen and dumped various state-funded building plans with the aim of deficit and debt reduction.  

It’s the cancellation of education rebuilds, the shutdown of hospital builds and upgrades, the slow down on roading, the changes in the three waters spac. 

It's all meant that New Zealand engineers and New Zealand constructors, the people who build the roads, waters network and buildings, have all had to look for work elsewhere and that has seen people heading overseas or contracting to work overseas and significant numbers."  

Large infrastructure firms" in Australia are rapidly hiring large numbers of New Zealand engineers".  

Other engineers have been lured to California to help with the rebuild after last month's devastating wildfires.  

Engineering New Zealand urges the Government to free up funds for delivery and firm up the infrastructure pipeline. 

Or in the immortal words of Mike Hosking - just do something.