Marko @markothoughts
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Gonna try live blog this Auckland Council Policy and Planning Committee meeting... will be interesting lol
🗳️Pro-housing voting guide just dropped!🗳️ See which WCC candidates support the win in the 2024 District Plan, and which don't. Answers are checked against actual voting records. We will hold people to their promises during this upcoming term! Happy voting, link below
A bizarre situation where council rates could be capped / tightly regulated. Yet the new water entities (excl Watercare) do not get proper economic price-quality regulation by the Commerce Commission, despite many areas predicted to have huge increases in water bills
A bizarre situation where council rates could be capped / tightly regulated. Yet the new water entities (excl Watercare) do not get proper economic price-quality regulation by the Commerce Commission, despite many areas predicted to have huge increases in water bills https://t.co/R7DJKb0Ndg
2m houses in Auckland? 15 stories near Mt Eden & Kingsland train stations? You’ve likely seen a few headlines, but there’s a big difference between enabled & feasible development. So we need to “overzone” to get the housing we need! A great explainer from Emma McInnes 1/2
RBNZ Orr debacle needs to be made into a Utopia/Yes Minister episode stat

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