IOBY – In Our Back Yards
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...
Category : Planning
Wellington region – Together but separate
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...
Expert calls for more walkable cities
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...
Did Noah get planning consent?
Bill Conroy reports on a dramatic find said to have been made among the Dead Sea scrolls and reflects on the possibility that Noah defied...