Medium Density Residential Standards
Housing Minister Chris Bishop has brought back blanket medium-density rules for most large cities, while offering Christchurch and Auckland bespoke intensification plans
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Housing Minister Chris Bishop has brought back blanket medium-density rules for most large cities, while offering Christchurch and Auckland bespoke intensification plans
Chris Bishop’s ambitious housing policies have run into inevitable roadblocks in Cabinet, which includes a number of NIMBY ministers
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Chris Bishop’s ambitious housing policies have run into inevitable roadblocks in Cabinet, which includes a number of NIMBY ministers
National’s support in opposition for greater urban density was shot down by its own caucus and its second attempt has to get past a hostile Act Party
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National’s support in opposition for greater urban density was shot down by its own caucus and its second attempt has to get past a hostile Act Party
Housing Minister Chris Bishop urges councils to rezone more land as home building falls behind record migration numbers
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Housing Minister Chris Bishop urges councils to rezone more land as home building falls behind record migration numbers
Housing Minister Chris Bishop says he wants to flood big cities with 30 years of mixed-use land ready for development to 'solve New Zealand’s housing crisis'
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Housing Minister Chris Bishop says he wants to flood big cities with 30 years of mixed-use land ready for development to 'solve New Zealand’s housing crisis'
Medium-density buildings would need to be approved by a super-majority of homeowners in many suburbs under Act's housing plan
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Medium-density buildings would need to be approved by a super-majority of homeowners in many suburbs under Act's housing plan
Housing and heritage aren’t mutually exclusive – a few basic rules can help get the balance right
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Housing and heritage aren’t mutually exclusive – a few basic rules can help get the balance right
The Unitary Plan has protected Auckland families from significantly higher rents, according to Auckland University's Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy
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The Unitary Plan has protected Auckland families from significantly higher rents, according to Auckland University's Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy
Timothy Welch says National’s housing u-turn promotes urban sprawl from which cities and ratepayers will pick up the bill
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Timothy Welch says National’s housing u-turn promotes urban sprawl from which cities and ratepayers will pick up the bill
Auckland MP Simon O’Connor says he successfully lobbied for the bipartisan MDRS policy to be 'walked back'
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Auckland MP Simon O’Connor says he successfully lobbied for the bipartisan MDRS policy to be 'walked back'
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Effective leaders develop political muscle-memory of their own – National should get one, Chris Trotter says
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Effective leaders develop political muscle-memory of their own – National should get one, Chris Trotter says
Christopher Luxon’s National Party has scrapped a bi-partisan housing agreement and will instead allow cities to choose where and how to build 30-years of growth
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Christopher Luxon’s National Party has scrapped a bi-partisan housing agreement and will instead allow cities to choose where and how to build 30-years of growth
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton sets out the case for protecting green space against the backdrop of 'irreversible' densification of NZ cities
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Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton sets out the case for protecting green space against the backdrop of 'irreversible' densification of NZ cities
Doug Fairgray on the Labour-National push to enable greater housing density across our five biggest cities
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Doug Fairgray on the Labour-National push to enable greater housing density across our five biggest cities
Auckland University's Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy on where Auckland's housing densification push is at
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Auckland University's Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy on where Auckland's housing densification push is at