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Sep 2, 20183 min read

Urban Development Authority for Auckland Overriding or Undermining the Unitary Plan and planning?

The Unitary Plan has over $100 million of investment from the private sector. Overall investment to write the plan including the...

May 10, 20182 min read

What is it A stocktake of New Zealand's Housing (February 2018) is a “warts and all” look at Housing in NZ. “ (P2). It is part of the...

Apr 16, 20182 min read

Why do we travel like there’s no tomorrow? Rathee Dewi Siva | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Waikato The Ministry of Transport has...

Apr 3, 20181 min read

New Zealand Planning Hub now has a Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/NZPlanningHub/ and a Facebook group for planners - NZ Planning...

Mar 19, 20181 min read

Welcome to NZ Planning Hub. This is an online community to discuss planning issues and issues facing planners in New Zealand. Planning...

Mar 13, 20182 min read

Do we need a national graduate training program or is planning education and on the job training enough? Throughout my career I have...

Mar 13, 20181 min read

I found this poem amo ngst a collection written by my Grandmother. It was written in a very different time but captures the importance...

Feb 12, 20183 min read

We plan for growth, we plan for urban expansion, we have strategic plans, growth management plans, structure plans. We plan quite well...

Feb 12, 20183 min read

I wrote a resource consent application for a house in a flood plain (the entire suburb is in a flood plain and there is no where else for...