Property Talk: Auckland's housing roll-out 'weak'
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A G.J. Gardner house building franchise has gone under in Mid-Canterbury.
NBR's South Island-based correspondent Chris Hutching talks about the background.
Sally Lindsay discusses a land swap in Auckland that would help facilitate a Fletcher housing development at the former Three Kings Quarry.
But locals are up in arms about the designs for the planned large apartment complex that would be the centrepiece.
Christchurch city council chief executive Karlene Edwards has made a blistering attack on the government's legislation that will restrict full democracy at Environment Canterbury for years to come yet.
People who pay for services from councils should also expect to decide who represents them, Ms Edwards says.
She is calling on the parliamentary committee to reconsider the bill.
Auckland's housing rollout is weak and won't achieve Auckland Council's aims, according to councillor Dick Quax.
It requires planning for a population the size of Hamilton, he says.
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Mon, 16 Nov 2015
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Property Talk: Auckland's housing roll-out 'weak'
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