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Urban Design Forum's UrbanismNZ 2023 Conference is coming to Tāmaki Makaurau on 27-28 April, where industry experts will discuss the critical urbanism issues in Aotearoa.
RNZ
People are asking Queenstown real estate agents if they can stay in vacant houses as the rental crisis continues to snowball.
Māori Television
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offthetracks.co.nz
RNZ
Wellington's mayor admits council is partly responsible for hospitality operators struggling in the capital.
the Guardian
In the third instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath , Anna Rankin talks to those who are still salvaging their lives
Stuff
"We can’t even make ends meet, so operators are just packing it in.”
Newsroom
The now defunct ministry is the kind of agency needed to fix our current infrastructure disaster - not Civil Defence and independent sub-contracting and consulting firms that scratch impotently away at the ever-growing consequences of climate change.
Stuff
For many years, Lake Taupō has been inching closer to the small community of Kuratau. In the last two years, those nibbles have become bites.
A traffic bypass took 20,000 travellers a day from its main streets and local businesses. Three years on, how’s Huntly coping?
NZ Herald
Thousands of homes are set to be built on about 40ha in Mt Albert.
Stuff
Super energy-efficient housing isn't just for the wealthy: These council units have way above code levels of insulation, just as a start.
United Nations Western Europe
Rainfall can put cities’ drainage systems under immense pressure. European cities are developing strategies to become more climate resilient.
NZ Herald
Move means more time spent around whiteboards and less money to do stuff, says AA.
Opinion: Housing supply has never been more of a problem in New Zealand, and only set to worsen as the climate heats. Diane Brand and Minh Nguyen make the case for investing in well-designed prefabricated housing.
Stuff
The new buildings have "foregone character and beauty for shiny, characterless glass", according to an architecture professor and host of new TV series.
Newsroom
The Auckland Mayor’s comments belittle the skills, expertise and commitment of library staff and undermine the library profession more generally, says Anne Goulding
NZ Herald
The new cost of $1b takes into account rising costs and Covid-19, says Waka Kotahi.
RNZ
Two of Aotearoa's largest centres have lost up to a third of their green space in recent decades, according to the Environment Commissioner.
Stuff
Fields, forests, berms and backyards – they all make city living cooler, healthier and less flood prone. But they’ve been disappearing fast.
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton sets out the case for protecting green space against the backdrop of 'irreversible' densification of NZ cities
The Conversation
New Zealand’s urban green space has dwindled over the past six decades. The Commissioner for the Environment has issued a warning and a challenge – get greener before climate change gets meaner.
Opinion: If there is any good to come out of the storms this year it is that it will encourage local and central government planners to ensure building consent means well-informed consent, says Martin Brook
Stuff
The council's increasingly worrying level of debt, and pile of infrastructure projects it can't fund, can be traced back to a decision it made in the early 1990s.
Inside Government NZ
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Newsroom
Because pro-social behaviour emerges so often after disaster, community empowerment should be central to disaster mitigation and recovery, writes Dr Steve Matthewman
www.engineeringnz.org
Engineers have played an important role designing and building New Zealand’s towns, roads, bridges and railways since colonial times. This year, Dunedin's Farra Engineering turns 160 and its history spans the gold rush, two World Wars, the Depression and two global pandemics. Other firms celebrating big birthdays in 2023 include Beca (103), Fulton Hogan (90) and Fraser Engineering (70).
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