PremiumOpinionOpinion byKieran McAnultyNZ Herald·21 Aug, 2026 07:00 AM3 mins to readKieran McAnulty is Labour’s Infrastructure spokespersonLabour's Infrastructure spokesman Kieran McAnulty. Photo/Warren BucklandIf there’s one thing New Zealand has become far too good at, it’s changing its mind about infrastructure.

A road gets announced. A rail project gets cancelled. A public transport plan gets redesigned. A new government comes in and decides it knows better than the last one. Years disappear, costs