Len Brown says there's signs that Auckland house prices have peaked as more apartments and affordable houses are built. However, he acknowledges the 8,000-10,000 houses a year currently being built are short of the 13,000- 15,000 a year needed in Auckland. Read more...

Finance Minister Bill English says“Urban planning in New Zealand not only underpins housing affordability but also the productivity of the wider economy.” “Many parts of the regime are out-dated and unwieldy, having been developed over the years in a piecemeal...