The Independent Hearing Panel's review of Wellington's Distric Plan

The New Zealand Initiative

This week, Eric talks to Marko Garlick and Eleanor West, formerly of Generation Zero and now co-ordinating City for People, about the Independent Hearing Panel's process and the review. They also discuss what's been going on in Houston, housing affordability and density and other research. You can find links to their research at: www.nzinitiatve.org.nz This research includes: • City for People’s five requests for the Wellington district plan • Eric’s “Yes, and…” request for the Wellington district plan • Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy’s work on Auckland zoning and house prices • The Urban Land Markets Group’s work on housing affordability and urban planning. • Eleanor West & Marko Garlick on Upzoning New Zealand, at Works in Progress • Marko Garlick on Houston’s opt-out form of upzoning. • Eric's NZ Herald article, "The incapacity of development capacity" www.nzinitiative.org.nz