Urban Development in Auckland

[Brent George]

A simple way to depict the "before' and "after" of urban development in Auckland: Stuff: 8-Sept-2019

However, the "before" would probably be better called "early stage"....  The true "before" would be an image showing the sites a couple of years earlier still - showing the open space greenfields, farmland, orchards, parks, bush, forestry, refuse areas etc....

(And aren't the comments placed on such reports interesting.  The keyboard warriors have a field day - everything from political interference; Auckland bashing; too much sprawl; too little open space; Council ineptitude; and even NZ Defence Force inadequacies!)

[Brent George]

Urban sprawl projected to eat up some of Auckland's most productive land
Stuff - Politics: 9-February-2021

Urban sprawl looks set to eat up to 31,270 hectares of Auckland’s most productive land over the next 35 years.

And according to figures included in a recent Environment Court decision, the irreversible, cumulative loss of Auckland’s prime horticultural land is accelerating.

[Brent George]

'Long overdue': New rules to protect NZ's most-productive farmland welcomed
Stuff - Environment: 19-Sept-2022

Proponents are thrilled New Zealand’s highly productive food-growing land will finally be protected from “urban sprawl”, with nationally important regions like Canterbury already carved up by decades of development.

On Sunday, the Government released new rules to enhance protections for the country’s most productive land, in a bid to provide security for domestic food supply and primary exports.

The National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land (NPS-HPL) will protect land from inappropriate subdivision, use and development, Environment Minister David Parker said.

“We need to house our people and to feed them too. Our cities and towns need to grow but not at the expense of the land that’s best suited to grow our food.”

Thought:-
- closing the gate after the horse has bolted


Environment: Shielding prime horticultural land from subdivisions
RNZ National: 19-Sept-2022

Interview with Environment Minister David Parker.