Infrastructure New Zealand's objectives are to:
(a) identify and prioritise specific infrastructure needs;
(b) facilitate and encourage the provision of world class infrastructure, by both public and private sectors, in an economically, socially and environmentally responsible manner;
(c) influence central, regional and local government decision making on the provision of infrastructure;
(d) identify the impediments to infrastructure provision, and provide solutions;
(e) assist in creating an environment where:
(i) it is accepted by all governments and the community that New Zealand must have world class infrastructure if it is to achieve its economic and social potential;
(ii) the consequences of failing to provide world class infrastructure are understood;
(iii) the respective roles of both public and private sectors in the provision of infrastructure are accepted;
(f) become the leading non government point of reference on issues relating to infrastructure provision;
(g) provide a voice, for the Council's membership, in addressing infrastructure needs for New Zealand; and
(h) do all such lawful things as are incidental to or ancillary to the attainment of the vision and the objectives of the Infrastructure New Zealand.