RNZ: Roger Partridge on asset recycling to fund New Zealand's infrastructure deficit
Roger Partridge
2 March, 2026
Roger Partridge discussed the Initiative's new report on asset recycling on RNZ, proposing that selling selected state assets — including TVNZ, NZ Post, energy company stakes, Transpower, and Landcorp — could free up around $25 billion for a ring-fenced infrastructure fund.
Partridge argued the model, drawn from a successful New South Wales programme, would direct proceeds exclusively to infrastructure priorities vetted by an Independent Infrastructure Commission, and called for public debate to move beyond slogans like "selling the family silver." Listen below.