Emotional Intelligence

Literally, Āpōpō is the night after tomorrow, inferring a balance of both the day and the night, Papatūānuku and Ranginui, the earth and the sky. Āpōpō acknowledges our past, the present, and inspires us to raise our gaze to the future.

We do what we do today for the benefit of our present and future communities, often relying on the mahi of our predecessors. Āpōpō is Te Reo Māori, and defines us as distinctly from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Professionals is our Who and our How

The classic definition of a professional is a member of a group with particular knowledge and skills that are necessary to perform a specific role. 

Professionals are expected to maintain exemplary standards of both conduct and competency and to share a selfless common concern for the well-being of others.

We are the professionals who choose to take on the responsibility for infrastructure asset management and to gain our work satisfaction from fulfilling this responsibility to the highest level we can achieve.

Infrastructure Asset Management is our What

Infrastructure assets are the foundations of our communities – the physical things and systems most of us take for granted but which enable our quality of life, our well-being, our community purpose. 

They are the things that connect us, that provide both the essentials and the pleasures of life.  They serve not just the individual, but the neighbourhood, the town, the city, the region, the nation.  They are enablers of equity and social cohesion, community worth and prosperity.  Their nature is multi-generational, an investment made with the foresight of not only benefiting us today, but for building a better future for our children, and their children, and beyond.   

Infrastructure assets have been created by our predecessors – the city engineers, county councils, the Ministry of Works, iwi, commercial enterprise, Crown entities, local government, public and private – and are being created and operated and maintained now and in the future, by the passionate experts of infrastructure asset management. 

Our management of infrastructure assets is all about applying the competencies and experiences of our discipline to deliver valuable community outcomes.  It is inclusive of a full lifecycle from beginning to end – from recognition of a community need, to fulfilling that need for generations to come.