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![Explainer: Why NZ’s cities need to get ‘spongier’ - and fast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Explainer: Why NZ’s cities need to get ‘spongier’ - and fast
After a summer of disastrous deluges, a report finds our city planning needs a rethink.
![Risky 'rooftopping' travel photo trend faces criticism](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Risky 'rooftopping' travel photo trend faces criticism
New York Times: Deep tensions lie within these 'urban exploration' communities.
![Neighbours at war over risk to sea view](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Neighbours at war over risk to sea view
Cross leases may become popular as a way to stop new developments popping up next door.
![Council reviews consents after engineering sign-off allegations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Council reviews consents after engineering sign-off allegations
Hundreds of homes could be affected.
![‘The poor cousin’: Heightened angst in Wairoa after flood zone decision](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
‘The poor cousin’: Heightened angst in Wairoa after flood zone decision
A 2A classification is creating uncertainty around future living - as winter hits.
!['Very sneaky': Neighbours feel caught out by new Kāinga Ora developments](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
'Very sneaky': Neighbours feel caught out by new Kāinga Ora developments
Neighbours of state housing developments want more say before councils give the nod.
![Brett O’Riley: Time to set new infrastructure priorities](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Brett O’Riley: Time to set new infrastructure priorities
We have to be pragmatic and realistic, and open our doors to overseas funding.
![Opinion: Filling NZ’s $210b infrastructure deficit black hole](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Opinion: Filling NZ’s $210b infrastructure deficit black hole
The Government doesn’t have deep-enough pockets to fill the infrastructure black hole.
![Auckland Light Rail shifts up a gear](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Auckland Light Rail shifts up a gear
ALR will help underpin growth, greater productivity and economic prosperity.
![Infrastructure Report: Planning for future weather events will require a different approach](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Infrastructure Report: Planning for future weather events will require a different approach
The concepts of resilience and sustainability are key priorities.
![An alliance to spearhead cyclone recovery effort](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
An alliance to spearhead cyclone recovery effort
Downer aims to build back smarter in Cyclone Gabrielle recovery.
![Infrastructure Report: Priorities for big projects](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Infrastructure Report: Priorities for big projects
Public and private partnerships are needed to get investment and development moving.
![Infrastructure Report: CRL an agent of change](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Infrastructure Report: CRL an agent of change
Changes implemented for the City Rail Link will leave a legacy for construction industry.
![Project Auckland: How to Prepare for greater density](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Project Auckland: How to Prepare for greater density
Eke Panuku's role is to handle the big-picture planning for Auckland's future.
![Future proofing Auckland: Climate change means planning for a risky future](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Future proofing Auckland: Climate change means planning for a risky future
Where we build needs to change in the face of more extreme weather.
![Project Auckland: CRL key to Midtown regeneration](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Project Auckland: CRL key to Midtown regeneration
A new Central Rail Link station will be the catalyst for change and growth.
![Will the rise of timber save our cities?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Will the rise of timber save our cities?
Bright ideas to make cities better: high-rise timber buildings.
![Wayne Brown: 'Who pays for this devastation?' - the 'nasty legacy' of building flood-risk homes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Wayne Brown: 'Who pays for this devastation?' - the 'nasty legacy' of building flood-risk homes
OPINION: Auckland Mayor looks at the failures that put houses in harm's way.
![Paul Majurey: Reconnecting the public to vacated port land](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Paul Majurey: Reconnecting the public to vacated port land
OPINION: The chair of Eke Panuku stakes a claim for the waterfront.
![Sponge cities: Could this approach help NZ weather climate change?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Sponge cities: Could this approach help NZ weather climate change?
An expert in urban planning says we need to change the way we think about cities.
![How Gabrielle's fury has exposed flaws in our major cities](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
How Gabrielle's fury has exposed flaws in our major cities
This chaotic season must lead to change.