Eaqub says: "The plan is a long-term enabling tool. It won't fix issues around infrastructure and land-banking. I don't expect a short-term impact, unless the Government moves urgently to give the council the ability to raise more revenue (for example through...

Nick Smith has written to four developers since mid-2015 saying he is keen to see progress in Special Housing Areas and strongly encourages them to contact the Auckland Council with an update. Denies that’s giving land bankers a free pass. “The people who promise they...