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New Zealand’s construction industry recorded an annual average growth rate of 6.6% between 2016-2019. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the industry contracted by 7.3% in real terms in 2020. The lockdown restrictions imposed by the government in the first half of the year and the resultant economic uncertainty and weakness severely impacted activity in the industry. The downturn was further exacerbated by delays in project implementation and the re-allocation of part of the government’s budget towards its management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The construction industry is expected to recover in 2021, growing by 5.5% in real terms. To support both the wider economy and the construction industry, the government announced plans to fund large shovel-ready infrastructure projects in March 2020. Accordingly, in early April 2020, the government annou
Press Release – Office of the Clerk Questions to Ministers CHLE SWARBRICK to the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing): Are there effective rules in place to ensure people who rent can find an affordable home; if not, what advice has the Government requested on potential new …
Questions to Ministers
CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing): Are there effective rules in place to ensure people who rent can find an affordable home; if not, what advice has the Government requested on potential new rules to ensure affordable rents?
DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does the Government intend to implement all of its policies?
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The All Aboard climate coalition is putting the heat on Auckland councillors.(Video from March 2021)
The first serious challenge has been lodged against Auckland’s 10-year transport plan, with Lawyers for Climate Action calling it ‘unlawful’ and vulnerable if a judicial review was sought. The lawyers’ submission to the proposed joint council-government Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) said it falls short of statutory obligations and commitments to halve carbon emissions by 2030. “Instead, it provides for transport emissions to increase 6 per cent by 2031, or at best reduce by 12 per cent if the Government puts in place certain policies,” said the groups president Jenny Cooper QC.