More houses possible under propsed Auckland Unitary Plan

Auckland Council has used the new Development Capacity Model to show a 56% increase in plan enabled dwellings and a 140% increase in dwellings commercially feasible. This means the number of dwellings that are commercially feasible today stands at 154,000 (excluding...
More national leadership needed

More national leadership needed

Infrastructure Report: The NZCID policy prescription released at last weeks New Zealand Council for Infrastuctural Development conference reveals a distinct lack of leadership and a high-level infrastructure strategy was a major hindrance in New Zealand compared with...

New HNZ chairperson announced

Mrs Young-Cooper has been Deputy Chair of the HNZC Board since 2010, is currently the Chair of the Hobsonville Land Company and sits on the board of the New Zealand Transport Agency. She has held a number of directorships including the Auckland City Property Board and...

People desensitised to poverty

The Child Poverty Action Group is calling for more support to be given to low income whānau to get into healthy and affordable homes. It is launching a campaign to enforce the need for a Warrant of Fitness for rental housing. George Makapatana, who has had 11-years of...