WATER NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL PERFOMANCE REVIEW AND THE BENEFITS OF BENCHMARKING ARE ADRESSED BY A RECENT PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION REPORT

The productivity commission has been examining the processes that New Zealand’s fastest-growing local councils use to provide land for housing (including planning, zoning and the provision of infrastructure such as roads and water pipes) and to make recommendations about how this can be improved. The Productivity Commission has recently released a draft report for comment, available at the following link. The attached extract exposes the benefits of benchmarking and discusses how the Water New Zealand National Performance Review fits into this picture.