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"Theoretical figure": Auckland councillor says not to read into new intensification number

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 1 Apr 2026, 11:17am
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"Theoretical figure": Auckland councillor says not to read into new intensification number

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 1 Apr 2026, 11:17am

An Auckland councillor says people shouldn't read too much into yet another change to Auckland's density plan. 

The Government revised the Super-city's minimum housing capacity for a second time yesterday, settling on 1.4 million after continued push-back in some suburbs. 

Last month it reduced it from two-million homes to 1.6-million.  

Councillor Richard Hills told Ryan Bridge the latest number just feels like political game playing. 

He says legal requirements mean it'll likely end up near 1.6 million regardless. 

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