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The go-ahead has been given for a billion-dollar manufacturing and housing community on a rural site near Ōhinewai in North Waikato.
An artist impression of the $1 billion development planned for Ōhinewai.
Photo: An artists’ impression of the $1 Billion development planned for Ohinewai
Independent commissioners for the Waikato District Council have approved mattress and bedding company Sleepyhead s rezoning plan for the land to allow its project to go ahead.
Over the next 10 years, Sleepyhead plans to have a factory on the site, creating up to 2600 jobs. Once fully developed, the 178ha site will include industrial, commercial and residential zones with 1100 homes for 3000 residents.