It has now been one year since the National Planning Standards (‘planning standards’) prepared by the Ministry for the Environment came into effect. Hamish Wesney...
Setting the direction for a district – Planning multiple integrated projects in a fast-growing area is never going to be easy. Here’s Queenstown’s answer to...
Wendy Saunders (left) and Lucy Kaiser from GNS Science have been investigating the role of Iwi and Hapu Management Plans in managing natural hazards in...
With councils deep in the throes of their 2018-28 long term plans, Patricia Moore asked four specialists how planning processes are changing and how local...
US crowdfunding initiative IOBY is the antithesis of NIMBYism. It looks for the positive in communities, one tiny project at a time. What’s more, it...
The benefits of an integrated approach for a multi-jurisdictional metropolitan area. The Local Government Commission has been working with local authorities in the Wellington region...
An AECOM specialist has warned against building too much infrastructure in some New Zealand cities saying that experience overseas shows ‘walkable’ cities are a much...