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Bryan Jackson: First ask who wants another million

Who wants another million people in Auckland? Len Brown does. Auckland City Councillors do. Auckland town planners do. The Government does. I don't, writes Bryan Jackson.

David Gibbs: The Big Squeeze - we can all fit if sections are smaller

Sections of 300sq m are still bigger than we need for a good-sized three-to-four bedroom house, and way too big for a terrace house, writes David Gibbs.

Most immigrants feel they belong in NZ

The majority of migrants to New Zealand feel they belong here, according to new analysis from Statistics New Zealand.

Mai Chen: Enter the taniwha and the dragon

Fatty diet wreaks havoc in islands

Pacific health experts are calling for a quota on the amount of fatty food exported to the Pacific Islands, where heart disease, diabetes and obesity are the norm.

DHB chases cost of non residents' care

Editorial: Playing field on migration too lopsided

20,000 Census forms received 7 weeks late

Ageing China migrants a 'major concern'

Nearly 40 per cent of immigrants from China gaining New Zealand permanent residence last year were aged 50 or over, sparking calls for younger migrants.

India overtakes UK as primary source of skilled migrant workers

Dick Quax: High density urban housing never been embraced

Aucklanders have never embraced the kind of concentrated living arrangements envisioned in the Unitary Plan, writes Dick Quax.

Editorial: Rant sad way to highlight racial trend

It is telling that the increase in immigrants projected in the Auckland Council's 30-year plan has attracted very little comment. Until now, that is.

Kerre McIvor: Get it right and win a resthome

I don't know about you, but the Census was a bit of a letdown for me.

Study visas drop despite Govt fixes

The number of new international students approved to study in New Zealand has dropped nearly a quarter since 2009 despite government measures to boost the industry.

Peter Calder: Super City riles Rodneyites again

The folks in rural Rodney never were too keen on being in the Super City.

Auckland boom: blessing or curse?

Towns in New Zealand's regional areas should be made more enticing to slow the mammoth population growth expected in Auckland in the next decade, a sociologist says.

NZ population to reach 5m by 2026

New Zealand's population growth is expected to slow over the next 10 years and at the same time an increasing number of Kiwis are leaving to live overseas.

Chris Bradley: Good city design must pass stress test

A <i>Herald</i> editorial has made a case for Labour's new housing policy and the intensification of terraced houses and apartment units in Auckland it will lead to.