Press Release – Bayleys
According to the comprehensive growth management strategy being undertaken by Tauranga City Council, record population growth in Tauranga is forecast to continue, with a deficit of supply over demand of circa-5,000 homes in the region by 2031.
Developers are on the hunt for strategically-located land with scale in the Bay of Plenty of region, with the largest demand being for land close to Tauranga city, and supported by a high level of amenity in the immediate area.
Tauriko West has been an earmarked growth node for residential housing for some time and the broader area has undergone significant development in recent years with the establishment of the regional shopping centre Tauranga Crossing, Tauriko Business Estate and The Lakes residential subdivision.
Opinion
On Friday Local Government
Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced a review of Local
Government in New Zealand, and the appointment of a panel to
be chaired by Jim Palmer to to start working towards a
reform of the sector.
As Mayors, Councillors, MPs and
community representatives gathered at the Dowse Museum,
there was a sense of a historic occasion, a turning point in
the way we we think about democracy in Aotearoa New
Zealand.
The setting was appropriate, outside the
doors of Nuku Tewhatewha. Recognised as one of Te Awa
Kairangi’s greatest treasures, this Pataka built in 1856
has become a symbol of a shared vision and the value of
OPINION: Across the political spectrum, there are varying views on the role of local government in housing – from exercising its regulatory function in the provision of infrastructure and the zoning of land for development, through to leadership in housing provision at a localised level. The Local Government Act 2002 does not explicitly set out a role with regard to housing, however section 10 identifies the purpose of local government is “to promote the social, economic, environmental, and cultural well-being of communities in the present and for the future”. In a rapidly changing policy space, what is the evolving role of local councils in regard to housing?
Living in the sky isn’t as scary as you might think.
OPINION: People were alarmed when my wife and I decided to move into a high-rise apartment sitting more than 25 storeys up from street level in central Auckland. “Isn’t that a bit too high?,” was the most common reaction. The question wasn t totally unjustified. If the fire alarms at our new apartment building went off nearly as often as at our previous apartment in Wellington we would face a regular and punishing staircase descent of more than 25 floors any time our neighbours encountered a culinary misadventure. Choosing a place to live involves tradeoffs between risks and rewards, and our willingness to take on this particular risk wasn t simply because we made a calculation that Auckland apartment dwellers were less likely to burn their toast.