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Auckland, Queenstown mayors call for ‘immediate pause’ on fast-tracked greenfield housing
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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown with Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop.
(Image: NZME)The Auckland and Queenstown mayors are calling for an immediate pause on fast-tracked greenfield housing developments.Wayne Brown and John Glover made the request in a letter to Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop on Aug 10 – the same day a panel set up under the Fast-track Approvals Act approved consents for the Delmore development on farmland north of Auckland.
“Our cities have experienced significant growth in recent years, and we are responding by rezoning land, issuing significant numbers of resource consents, and investing hea...