Auckland - November 6, 2015 The issue of affordable housing remains one of the largest economic and social challenges facing some parts of New Zealand, New Zealand Planning Institute chief executive Susan Houston says. New Zealand, like many other developed countries, faces problems relating to land availability and housing affordability with poverty
Month: November 2015
RMA architect calls for an end to fiddling with the Act
Auckland - November 4, 2015 Within 24 hours of the Productivity Commission’s announcement of its inquiry into how New Zealand’s Planning system might be improved, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and architect of the original Resource Management Act (RMA) Sir Geoffrey Palmer addressed delegates at the Environmental Compliance Conference in Auckland. Sir