Budget 2026: Waikato Expressway Extension Announced, $1 Billion Boost for Rail

'Previous Governments let it rot': Peters trumpets $1b Budget funding for rail

To follow the latest Budget coverage, click here for our live blog. The Government has committed more than a billion dollars to the country’s rail network....

Budget 2026: Waikato Expressway extension announced, $1 billion boost for rail

The four-lane, 16-kilometre stretch will cost $1.8 billion

$106million to improve reliability of trains in Wellington and Auckland

News from NZ Government The Government has committed up to $1.075 billion to KiwiRail’s planned network investments between 2027-2030, alongside $106.9 million to continue critical metropolitan rail infrastructure renewals. Transport Minister Chris Bishop says the $106.9 million to continue critical renewals on the Auckland and Wellington metropolitan rail networks will help improve their reliability and […]

Budget 2026: New KiwiRail investments announced for next five years

Rail's getting a significant boost. Just over $1 billion has been committed to planned KiwiRail network investments between next year and 2030. Nearly $107

Rail gets $1b boost, dangerous stretch of SH1 to be bypassed

Billions will be spent on bolstering the country's rail network, and on a new Road of National Significance that bypasses one of the country's worst crash blackspots.

Health Gets $5.8 Billion Funding Boost

New Zealand will return to budget surplus a year earlier than expected, with Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivering a disciplined Budget 2026 focused on getting the books back in order.Treasury now forecasts a $2.6 billion surplus in 2028-29 under the government's preferred measure, compared to a $900 million deficit predicted in December. If achieved, it would be the first government surplus in a decade.Willis attributed the improvement to d…