Press Release – Wellington City Council Mayor Andy Foster says initial analysis of nearly 3000 submissions on the citys draft Spatial Plan show Wellingtonians want a vibrant, liveable city and affordable housing as the housing crisis deepens across the country. See a summary analysis …
Mayor Andy Foster says initial analysis of nearly 3000 submissions on the city’s draft Spatial Plan show Wellingtonians want a vibrant, liveable city and affordable housing as the housing crisis deepens across the country.
The submissions show that submitters were split on the quantity and location of the new houses but that there was wide consensus of the need to take action immediately to address a shortage of affordable housing and other issues such as infrastructure and climate change.
Claire, 5. February 2021, 9:33
Felicity thanks for that. Interesting how high population forecasts never come to pass but those numbers are relied on for raising money.
Another informative contribution Felicity.
I note in particular your last sentence, “If ratepayers cannot rely on Councillors for their sunlight and amenity and council has mishandled stewardship of failing infrastructure, the social licence for councillors to set rate increases will be in doubt.”
I would perhaps go even further to say that if the social contract which councillors have with us is and will continue to be so lopsided and broken, that drastic action will need to be taken by us.
Peter Wilson
Analysis - Politics has started the year in a way that s almost certainly going to continue throughout 2021, dominated by Covid-19, vaccinations to save us from it, and the housing crisis.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the government s vaccination programme the main issue for her first post-cabinet press conference on Tuesday and it was given an unexpected, unwelcome focus.
The first community case of Covid-19 since November had been detected two days earlier. It was unusual because the 56-year-old Northland woman tested positive after leaving managed isolation in Auckland s Pullman Hotel, where she had twice tested negative.
Matthew Hooton: Covid scare saves Jacinda Ardern once more
28 Jan, 2021 06:31 AM
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Judith Collins came close to setting the agenda this week with her state of the nation speech - and then Covid popped up again. Photo / Brett Phibbs
Judith Collins came close to setting the agenda this week with her state of the nation speech - and then Covid popped up again. Photo / Brett Phibbs
NZ Herald
OPINION:
Pity Judith Collins. On the face of it, the latest Covid-19 scare sounds like bad news for Jacinda Ardern. As predicted here two weeks ago, the political pantomime of early 2020 is repeating in