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The Detail podcast hears how decades after the last big company town was built, Kiwi bed manufacturer Sleepyhead is pouring new life into the concept. In May, a panel of independent commissioners decided in favour of rezoning the 176 hectares of farmland, but that decision now faces a delay in the latest appeals. Waikato Chamber of Commerce chief executive Don Good said the regional council’s appeal looked like “nitpicking”. “The business community has had a bit of a gutsful of councils using bureaucracy to slow progress down when we live in a country that needs housing, that needs infrastructure, and we needed it yesterday,” Good told
In a statement, Spiers said the agency supported the Ōhinewai factory and the jobs it would bring. It saw an appeal as a chance to “work constructively” with Sleepyhead to ensure the housing development has enough infrastructure and services for the community, including shops, schools, health centres, open spaces, public transport and walking and cycleways. Spiers said providing housing in Huntly and Te Kauwhata might “provide better outcomes for the region”. The agency also wanted enough public transport options around the development to ensure residents weren’t relying only on cars to move around.
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Te Riu o Waikato chair and lifelong Ōhinewai resident Tawera Nikau said the Sleepyhead proposal means progress for mana whenua.