Consultation season
We’re very fortunate in New Zealand to live in a fairly stable democracy. The flip-side…
Browsing: Our Environment
Let’s talk about it
This column doesn’t relate to my ‘built environment’ remit, at least not directly. Rather I…
The time looks right
Midway through last year I wrote about some of the market conditions and suggested that…
Ambitious plans – good and not so great
We (finally) have a new government, and with an ambitious programme of work they have…
Too big for our boots?
Dad used to tell me that the powers that be had let Hamilton’s Central Business…
Housing Affordability: are we solving the right problem?
A number of conversations recently have led me to ask whether we are focusing our collective…
Just how much of the construction process can be (more) automated?
There’s a clever advertisement that has seen a lot of coverage in various media recently,…
Is it a good time to build?
If you’ve been thinking of building a new house the past two years may have…
Eight things that make Cambridge a great place to live.
Given this edition’s focus on Cambridge, where I happen to live, I decided to briefly…
Short-term sacrifice for long-term benefit
There has been much discussion and analysis in recent weeks as to where the blame…