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New Zealand's Addiction to Land Speculation is its Forever Weakness

New Zealand's Addiction to Land Speculation is its Forever Weakness

Lies, Deceit and Mistrust has long characterised New Zealand’s approach to land-use.
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Who Profits from Land?

Who Profits from Land?

It’s just so weird to me that not long ago someone with a regular old job could buy a house like an entire house with just their job money
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Christchurch the Chicago of New Zealand

Christchurch the Chicago of New Zealand

Canterbury has a neglected transport system that isn’t fit for purpose…
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New Zealand Should Knock! Knock! On Wood

New Zealand Should Knock! Knock! On Wood

The planet is on fire. Humanity is responding — hopefully fast enough
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Could Auckland do a Boulevard Light Rail Development?

Could Auckland do a Boulevard Light Rail Development?

Trams work well in wide boulevards. In the above picture there is space for a wide tree lined footpath, cycle lanes, a green tramway…
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What if Landlords Built Hot New Things?

What if Landlords Built Hot New Things?

“We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us” Winston Churchill
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Housing as a Human Right: Restoring New Zealand’s Egalitarian Dream?

Housing as a Human Right: Restoring New Zealand’s Egalitarian Dream?

New Zealand is bad at housing its people — very bad. Relative to income, homes in the country are among the most expensive in the world.
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The Christchurch Green Thumb Plan

The Christchurch Green Thumb Plan

A Bike Orientated Development could provide funding and developmental impetus for transitioning Christchurch’s red zone into a green thumb
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Is the Housing Crisis Bad for Productivity as well as Wealth Inequality?

Is the Housing Crisis Bad for Productivity as well as Wealth Inequality?

People might vote with their feet
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Depoliticising Housing

Depoliticising Housing

New Zealand’s Rack-Rent Housing Crisis, Part Three: Political Precommitment
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Who are the Jedi Knights of Housing Affordability?

Who are the Jedi Knights of Housing Affordability?

New Zealand’s Rack-Rent Housing Crisis, Part Two: Economic Opportunity
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New Zealand’s Rack-Rent Housing Crisis

New Zealand’s Rack-Rent Housing Crisis

“We might make mistakes but we will make other things too”– Michael Joseph Savage
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If Not Now When?

If Not Now When?

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High Land Prices: Added Value or Exploitation?

High Land Prices: Added Value or Exploitation?

Philip George Hayward response to the paper High Land Prices: A Feature or a Bug? by Brendon Harre
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High Land Prices: A Feature or a Bug?

High Land Prices: A Feature or a Bug?

Societal reform is not genuine reform without land-use change
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Pumped Hydro -Introduction

Pumped Hydro -Introduction

Transitioning to a carbon-zero economy will require big initiatives, such as, pumped hydro
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Build the Dam -Save the Planet

Build the Dam -Save the Planet

As environmental concerns go from local to global “Stop the Dam -Save Manapouri” becomes “Build the Dam -Save the Planet”
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Pumped Hydro: Extended Comment by Prof Bardsley

Pumped Hydro: Extended Comment by Prof Bardsley

Question: What is the best way to meet resource adequacy needs as we transition away from fossil fueled electricity generation and towards…
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Living Rent: Introduction

Living Rent: Introduction

Introduction
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Living Rent: The 10 Minute Community — The 30 Minute City

Living Rent: The 10 Minute Community — The 30 Minute City

Living wage workers not only need housing that is affordable in price and of good quality they also need housing which is located close to…
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What I think Christchurch will be like in 2030?

What I think Christchurch will be like in 2030?

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10. Neil Armstrong
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WHY MaRTI?

WHY MaRTI?

For Greater Christchurch to be successful it needs a better spatial plan
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A Just Climate Change?

A Just Climate Change?

Being warm and dry is a basic physiological necessity according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need
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MaRTI: Executive Summary

MaRTI: Executive Summary

Delivering transport hubs and a new urban neighbourhood
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The Crippling Cost of Bureaucracy

The Crippling Cost of Bureaucracy

Guest post by Dr Eric Crampton
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