Some small but significant local Transport projects up for discussion As part of the focus on Southern Auckland, the blog will be keeping an eye on Local Board happenings and … Continue reading Papakura Local Board Meeting – July 2015 #AKLPols
Month: July 2015
The Residential Zones and The Unitary Plan
Some outlines on what is going on with the vexed residential zones While the weekend basically a large pile after Labour’s Phil Twyford remarks about who is buying what real … Continue reading The Residential Zones and The Unitary Plan
Full and Final #EMUAkl Roll Out – Monday July 20
Next Monday Auckland goes electric On July 20th the full and final roll out (pre Pukekohe Electrification) of the electric trains in Auckland will be complete. That means between Papakura … Continue reading Full and Final #EMUAkl Roll Out – Monday July 20
Housing Crisis: Targeting Chinese people isn’t what Olivia Pope would do
Lamia makes salient points here especially the five policy planks further down the post.
However, I feel there is a sixth plank missing although this is unique to Auckland. That is the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan is under Hearings at the moment.
With the Residential Zones making their way through workshops, mediation and then the Hearings in October I am reluctant to do anything gun-ho on trying to get the supply side moving any more than the Special Housing Area (as cumbersome as some of them are).
Why?
Well check this:
And this is before we even get the Rezoning exercises next year before the entire Plan goes live in about 12 months.
The point being is we dont know what changes to the Policies, Development Controls, or even the quantity of the medium and high density zones will do to potential development yield thus supply.
Will we get liberalisation that allows a greater amount of housing choices to be built thus bring the “crisis” under control or will the reverse happen and things get really bad.
We just do not know until the final version of the Unitary Plan is brought into operation next year. Once it is then we can work on things like Kiwi Build and even some of the demand side stuff.
By Lamia Imam
The current National government stopped recording the number of overseas residents buying houses in New Zealand. There’s actually no way for us to know the extent of damage non-residents are causing by buying up houses that apparently are rightfully ours. The way the Herald chose to present the problem in yesterday’s story is not only xenophobic but statistically unsound. The story is about a large chunk of buyer’s name being “Chinese”. Basically we have resorted to racially profiling buyers to explain why Kiwis are unable to buy their own homes? This is particularly heinous, given other surveys show that British and American buyers also make a chunk of the foreign purchase of Kiwi homes. And on top of that, Labour’s solution is really not a solution but rather an idea with little policy merit.
Keith Ng over at Public Address has broken down the actual number, addressing the…
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Labour’s Descent
Quoting: [Some have defended Labour, saying that the accusations of xenophobia and racism are opportunistic. But if they want to not be called xenophobic and racist, they need to stop … Continue reading Labour’s Descent
Twyford’s Housing Stunt Unbelievable #AKLPols
Some facts on the situation By now you would have read or seen either on The Herald or TV3’s The Nation about this special investigation into Auckland Housing and international … Continue reading Twyford’s Housing Stunt Unbelievable #AKLPols
International Convention Centre – Non Notifiable Consents Decided
Resource Consent Application to be Non Notifiable
I wonder if this will be challenged in the High Court like the Ports of Auckland saga. Non Notifiable means it does not go out for full notification and the public subsequently can submit on the consent.
From Auckland Council:
New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC) notification decision
Independent commissioners have decided that the resource consent application for the NZICC will proceed on a non-notified basis.
A second decision on whether to approve the application will be made by the same commissioners in the coming months.
The commissioners have considered the environmental effects of the application, as well as the recent decision about the Ports of Auckland Ltd resource consent application, in coming to their conclusion on notification.
The decision, planners report and an FAQ are available here.
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The Planning Decision for the NZICC
The Planning Report for the NZICC
A Commuter’s Story on Travelling the Southern Line
Services are there but it is wanting from Auckland Transport and Transdev Auckland A two piece story popped up in the Herald yesterday, one covering bus services and the other … Continue reading A Commuter’s Story on Travelling the Southern Line
What is Missing From the Unitary Plan – Residential Zones? UPDATED
Missing Transitional Residential Zones One of the issues that have cropped up through the Unitary Plan deliberations is problems with the Residential Zones. That is problems transitioning from a higher … Continue reading What is Missing From the Unitary Plan – Residential Zones? UPDATED
Future Port Study Stakeholder Group Chosen #AKLPols
To Establish the Consensus Working Group From Auckland Council Port Study Stakeholder Group decided The establishment of the Port Future Study began today with the first meeting of stakeholders and … Continue reading Future Port Study Stakeholder Group Chosen #AKLPols
Talking Southern Auckland 