Urban Planning stories
Owners of unsafe buildings can face deadlines of 7.5 or 15 years to strengthen or demolish them, with council support available.
Resource consent has been granted for a planned Auckland office development that could retain 1.8 million kg of concrete and preserve heritage features.
Repeated COVID-19 border failures have exposed gaps in New Zealand's managed isolation system, prompting calls for tougher controls and better quarantine.
Planning certainty may improve if the RMA is replaced, but businesses and councils fear new laws could still trigger costly litigation and delays.
Up to 30 percent of Wellington’s drinking water is lost to leaks, prompting a unanimous council push for urgent infrastructure upgrades.
Record shortages of homes for sale are fuelling the pressure, with New Zealand’s median house price climbing to a fresh high for the fourth month.
Barcelona-style green zones could cut pollution and boost health after Covid-19, but risks of gentrification and cost remain.
Residents could soon have 48 hours’ water supply in an earthquake as work starts on a GBP £68 million Wellington reservoir.
Health and sanitation in many communities could be put at risk as sea-level rise and heavier rain strain wastewater systems.
House prices could be kept artificially high, worsening inequality and locking buyers into the cost of poor policy, Infrastructure New Zealand says.
The revived plan could ease congestion and cut emissions, but only if planners avoid the delays and cost overruns that sank Sydney’s project.
Affordability is worsening for first-time buyers as house prices outpace incomes, deepening the housing divide and fuelling political pressure.
Congestion could ease by up to 12% on Auckland's roads under a phased tolling scheme, according to a Ministry of Transport report.
Temporary speed limits will apply as the Christchurch Northern Corridor opens partly ahead of full use in mid December.
Without a clear plan, New Zealand's resource management overhaul will miss the Government's wellbeing and net-zero goals, says Infrastructure New Zealand.
More than 600 new homes are planned for a 70-ha Invercargill site, with developers saying the project could ease pressure on buyers.
Hamilton City Council-backed QOROX is set to demonstrate the country’s first commercial-scale 3D-printed concrete project this week.
Australia’s recovery risks being blunted unless governments shift spending towards social infrastructure, housing and renewable energy.
The system won a global innovation prize after promising onsite treatment that could cut costly sewer networks and tanker transport in Lebanon.
Albany has become Auckland’s top apartment market, with suburban projects taking more than two-thirds of sales as CBD demand slumps.
