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The Australians are challenging themselves to make a substantial design difference at Melbourne’s Docklands at the end of this month. They are concentrating on establishing new public space projects in a very short space of time. |
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Preserving Auckland’s rapidly diminishing supply of heritage buildings has been a sore point with the city’s residents for some time. Council has formed an advisory panel and is calling for members.
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 Small town New Zealand is reasserting itself after languishing in the wake of the big cities for too long.
Shona McCahon on behalf of Boffa Miskell looks at some of the changes being made to our provincial towns, including Picton in South Island and Foxton in North Island. |
 The stylish footbridge conceived by New Plymouth District Council and built locally has won plaudits from the International Bridge Conference. Open since June 5 last year it is also in the running for another international prize. |
 The Government has moved to help businesses in Christchurch re-establish themselves by easing depreciation rules. The Property Council applauds the move but says more should be done. |
There are conflicting views within the Palmerston North City Council over how council should proceed with the appointment of an urban design champion. |
 It will likely be next year before the rebuilding of Christchurch and neighbouring communities begins in earnest, and that work will be in the hands of new government department, called the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. |
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Anyone who knows anything about the housing market knows that affordable housing is a concept that increasingly just doesn’t apply in parts of this country. With low wages on an international scale and a shortage of new housing, the sums just don’t add up.
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Concerns in New Zealand about offshore interests buying productive farmland have been wrongly labelled borderline racism. In Canada, there’s concern foreign buyers are driving up housing costs.
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 Many people have questioned where the money will come from to resurrect Christchurch and to finance house building and repair across New Zealand. A better question might be, where will we find the builders? |
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