PremiumOpinionOpinion byFran O'SullivanHead of Business·NZ Herald·11 Jun, 2026 05:00 AM5 mins to readHead of Business, NZME‌Winston Peters and NZ First are promoting a $100 billion fund focused on investing in New Zealand infrastructure. Photo / Anna Heath At his 2024 party convention, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters spruiked a “future fund”. Labour’s Chris Hipkins followed suit but Mayor Wayne Brown is the only one (so far) to have actually sold shares in commercial assets to form a Future Fund for his city - Auckland.

Typically, Brown