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What we can expect in the Carrington (UNITEC) Development
A dive into the development plans for the one of the highest density government-led housing developments.
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Malcolm McCracken
All aboard! Five practical steps for queer safety on public transport
This is a guest post by Transport Planner Kiri Crossland. It was originally published on LinkedIn. Getting on a bus should be as easy as simply getting…
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Kiri Crossland
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National launches their new housing plan - Going for Housing Growth. It's a mixed bag.
This morning, we have seen the National Party launch their new housing and urban development plan titled ‘Going for Housing Growth’, in part a response…
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Malcolm McCracken
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National launches their new housing plan - Going for Housing Growth. It's a mixed bag.
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The future of the Medium Density Residential Standards
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All aboard! Five practical steps for queer safety on public transport
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The Kāinga Ora Blockhouse Bay development reflects good policy
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Pulling every lever on transport emissions
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The future of the Medium Density Residential Standards
Yesterday, the leader of the National Party, Christopher Luxon, signalled that the National Party will seek to change the bipartisan housing policy the…
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Malcolm McCracken
Urban intensification can be a remedy for our broken towns and cities
I often see comments around the need to try and slow population growth in order to “catch up” on infrastructure and other deficits. I believe instead…
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Malcolm McCracken
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Darren Davis
The Kāinga Ora Blockhouse Bay development reflects good policy
Recently Kāinga Ora has been in the news with plans to redevelop a former Auckland Council elderly housing site for social housing. The community is…
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Malcolm McCracken
Special Purpose Vehicles - How Tauranga is (partially) solving its transport infrastructure funding problem
I have previously covered the tension between housing supply and infrastructure funding that exists in Aotearoa. This is visible across many cities…
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Malcolm McCracken
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Pulling every lever on transport emissions
Last week a number of transport emission reduction initiatives were caught up in the Labour Government’s “policy bonfire”, including Clean Car Upgrade…
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Malcolm McCracken
Can we afford greenfield growth in our cities?
Aotearoa continues to face a housing crisis due to a lack of housing supply, low-quality housing stock and more recently with extreme weather events…
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Malcolm McCracken
Actually, the Medium Density Standards are (mostly) positive
The Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS), continue to be criticised in the media by (some) academics, urban planners, designers and architects…
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Malcolm McCracken
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