Project Auckland: Caroline Butterworth: Housing solutions for Aucklanders
11 Mar, 2021 12:00 AM
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Statistics NZ projects Auckland s population to hit 2 million somewhere around 2030. Photo / File
NZ Herald
OPINION: Auckland has always been an attractive place to live. The name Tāmaki Makaurau literally means Tāmaki, desired by many . Already home to one-in-three people living in New Zealand, Statistics NZ projects Auckland s population to hit 2 million somewhere around 2030.
Significantly, within a few years of that milestone, the number of Aucklanders aged 65+ will exceed the number of children aged 0-14, and the 40-64 age group will become the largest overall.
In addition, Auckland s attractiveness to, and need for, workers from around the world is set to re-intensify as international borders reopen post-pandemic. This will bring in people who don t necessarily view the ideal city home as a single storey bungalow with a backyard.
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Project Auckland: Finance Minister Grant Robertson s priorities for Auckland
8 Mar, 2021 09:00 PM
8 minutes to read
Infrastructure and Finance Minister Grant Robertson talks to Fran O Sullivan on Auckland s future investments. NZ Herald photograph by Mark Mitchell
Infrastructure and Finance Minister Grant Robertson talks to Fran O Sullivan on Auckland s future investments. NZ Herald photograph by Mark Mitchell
NZ Herald
Infrastructure Minister Grant Robertson is relishing his ability to drive progress on major projects that Labour campaigned on in Auckland without the uncertainty of coalition politicking. Robertson took on the pivotal infrastructure portfolio after the Labour Government was re-elected with a majority in Parliament last September. It had previously been held by former New Zealand First Cabinet Minister Shane Jones.
Steven Joyce: Why this Govt won t fix the housing shortage
22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
6 minutes to read
Jacinda Ardern visits a Kāinga Ora project - but can the old Housing NZ deliver the homes NZ needs? Photo / Greg Bowker
NZ Herald
OPINION:
There are two big housing challenges in New Zealand currently, and this week s start to the political year suggests the Government doesn t have serious new answers for either of them. The most visible problem is rapidly inflating house prices, and the noises ministers made on Thursday about solving that one fall squarely into the public handwringing and must be seen to be doing something while not doing very much categories.