Briefings

The Aggregate and Quarry Association (AQA) is the industry body representing construction material companies which produce an estimated 45 million tonnes of aggregate and quarried materials consumed in New Zealand each year – about a 9-tonne truckload per person.

Funded by its members, the AQA has a mandate to increase understanding of the need for aggregates to New Zealanders, improve our industry and users’ technical knowledge of  aggregates and assist in developing a highly skilled workforce within a safe and sustainable work environment.

Click here to read our 2023 Briefing To Incoming Ministers.

“There are very few materials that do not have a  suitable substitute, but bulky, low-value materials like sand, stone and rock are unlikely to go out of fashion any time soon – they’re needed for almost everything we build from cycleways to cellphone towers and wind farms. With a growing pipeline of major projects on the horizon we need to protect the availability of our best resources for generations to come.”
–Ross Copland, CEO Infrastructure Commission.

Click here to read our 2023 Pre-Election Briefing To Incoming Ministers.