Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 4:34 pm
A report into gender diversity within the property sector
has found the number of women working in property decreases
as they move up the leadership hierarchy, highlighting a
power gap between the females and males, says Property
Council New Zealand chief executive Leonie Freeman.
On
average across the surveyed property sector, workplaces are
41% female; this is good – a gender balance requires
minimum 40% both male and female. However, this number is
skewed by the larger proportion of women in non-management
roles in these workplaces. When looking at Senior Management
and Board level, representation of women is less than
2021-07-26 01:05:57 GMT2021-07-26 09:05:57(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WELLINGTON, July 26 (Xinhua) Property became New Zealand s largest industry, contributing 41.2 billion New Zealand dollars (about 28.7 billion U.S. dollars), or 15 percent of its total GDP in 2019, according to a new survey from the Property Council New Zealand.
The Property Council New Zealand Chief Executive Leonie Freeman said Monday that the Property Industry Impact Report 2021, commissioned by the council in partnership with Urban Economics, underscores the impact of the sector, with property out-gunning other top GDP contributors such as manufacturing (11 percent), agriculture (6 percent) and health (7 percent).
In 2019, the wider economic impact of the property industry was 115.6 billion New Zealand dollars, including a direct impact of 41.2 billion New Zealand dollars plus cumulative supplier and employee activity. As a sector, property employs 9 percent of New Zealand s workforce, said Freema
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Thursday, 8 July 2021, 4:28 pm
The
Government has released the first draft of the Natural and
Built Environments Act (NBA), one of the proposed laws meant
to replace the cumbersome Resource Management Act (RMA)
which has stunted New Zealand’s ability to build more
houses.
Reforming the Resource Management Act has been
seen as a once in a generation opportunity to improve New
Zealand’s ability to deliver more housing. While some are
praising the Government for taking action, others say the
Government has just squandered that opportunity.
“We
are concerned that the Bill as it stands will, in some
cases, make consenting and development more difficult,”
Article – Property and Build The Government has released the first draft of the Natural and Built Environments Act (NBA), one of the proposed laws meant to replace the cumbersome Resource Management Act (RMA) which has stunted New Zealands ability to build more houses. Reforming …
The Government has released the first draft of the Natural and Built Environments Act (NBA), one of the proposed laws meant to replace the cumbersome Resource Management Act (RMA) which has stunted New Zealand’s ability to build more houses.
Reforming the Resource Management Act has been seen as a once in a generation opportunity to improve New Zealand’s ability to deliver more housing. While some are praising the Government for taking action, others say the Government has just squandered that opportunity.