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Every mandated car park is a $65,000 tax on suburban building

National wants to hand Auckland councils back the power to make developers build car parks. It is being sold as...

By B2B News | 14 Oct 2026 | 5 min read
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Tenants aren’t abandoning Dunedin offices, they’re abandoning tired ones

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Blocking development now comes with an invoice for councils

For 35 years, a council saying no to a landowner cost the council nothing. A heritage overlay, a wetland designation...

By B2B News | 11 Oct 2026 | 5 min read
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