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Candidates for Wellington City Council this year should be left under no illusion that the tests awaiting them will be real, and demanding.
RNZ
As well as restricting vehicle access, the plan would see all car parks along the roads removed, most side streets closed off to become culs-de-sac, and footpaths widened.
Auckland Transport wants to tear down the homes to make way for a section of the Eastern Busway.
Stuff
Veterans' organisations have raised concerns about the risk of “parties on the 10th floor” during solemn events at Pukeahu in Wellington.
The Greater Green Island Community Network is working to reset its priorities for ongoing community development with the help of feedback from...
RNZ
A resident says the sale of the Coulter Road Reserve for housing would crush "the heart and soul" of the local community.
RNZ
It's not just chopping onions that'll make your eyes water these days, but paying for them too. As the price of fruit n veges hits harder, many Kiwis are growing their own. On the Hibiscus Coast a small community garden is now humming with keen gardeners providing produce for those in need. They're desperate for more space, but council rules are stunting growth. Our reporter Louise Ternouth and cameraman Nick Monro went for a visit.
Planted green walls and rooftops, tree-lined roadsides, urban ngahere (forests) and wetlands are critical elements in our efforts to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.
Stuff
A plan to shrink Auckland's "character housing" at the government's behest will go ahead.
NZ Herald
One in every four of 21,000 homes with heritage values rezoned for high-density housing.
'A very slim majority of councillors changed their votes and undid a year’s worth of work.'
Newsroom
The leading Auckland’s mayoral candidates have thrown in their lot behind special character areas in the debate of development versus preservation
Stuff
The Government wants a new Mt Victoria tunnel that would have four lanes – two for public transport and two for private cars. The old tunnel would become a walking and cycling route.
Stuff
The survey has been released by mayoral candidate Efeso Collins, who has free fares as his flagship policy.
RNZ
The engineering firm whose report spurred workers to leave a Wellington multi-storey building warns that designing for earthquakes may get harder.
Stuff
Last year, two NZ cities were among the world's top 10 most liveable. Now Auckland and Wellington have dropped down the list like a stone.
www.oneroof.co.nz
Wellington remains one of the country’s most expensive cities to break into, with few suburbs showing up with price points friendly to first home buyers. Figures from OneRoof’s house price report for June show that just seven suburbs, out of 56 in the capital, have an average property value of less than $1m.
Stuff
OPINION: If the proposed District Plan is accepted, we'll have solved the housing crisis in a decade, because no-one will want to live here.
Some words have been so over-used in the media that the audience can almost become immune to its impact. It’s not hard to be numb to seeing these phrases kicked around as a political football and used as an excuse to point fingers at others, without offering solutions.For some, the phrase “housing crisis” is one of them. That’s unless it happens to be too close to home to ignore.
Stuff
Thursday is a critical day for the future of Wellington housing – but the council are hoping their meeting won’t stretch into the night.
RNZ
Wellington City Council's major housing document is back on the debating table this week after feedback from the public.
Stuff
Public transport should expand where people can go, in the amount of time that they have, without using their cars, network expert Jarrett Walker says.
Stuff
OPINION: Wellington, you are still a great place to watch a movie, or even make one, but, in other areas of hospitality, Auckland comes out on top.
Newshub
SYN: "When can we really say the Auckland CBD will be tourist-ready - 2027, 2029? Who knows?"
Stuff
Carbon dioxide emissions are down two-thirds in Pontevedra and nearly three-quarters of journeys are on foot or by bike. Could the same work in NZ?
The Conversation
For 40 years the author has argued that trains and trams are better than buses. New ‘trackless trams’, which take innovations from high speed rail and put them in a bus, have changed his mind.
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