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Tweaked housing intensification plans may not be 'silver bullet' Auckland hoped for

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Publish Date
Fri, 20 Feb 2026, 6:19am
The political parties are fighting over how to build more houses and whether landlords or renters should be protected. Photo / Alex Burton
The political parties are fighting over how to build more houses and whether landlords or renters should be protected. Photo / Alex Burton

Tweaked housing intensification plans may not be 'silver bullet' Auckland hoped for

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Newstalk ZB ,
Publish Date
Fri, 20 Feb 2026, 6:19am

An Auckland City Counsellor says the Government's plans for the CBD won't be clear for a while. 

It's reducing the proposed homes allowed in the Supercity from 2 million to 1.6 million. 

The revision to new density rules will focus more on builds in the central city and around key transit hubs, than in suburban areas. 

Franklin Ward Councillor Andy Baker told Ryan Bridge he doesn't think it'll please everybody and isn't the silver bullet some people have been asking for. 

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