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Interesting decision to remove the 30 year old trees and raised lawn area from the square – these seemed to…
Absolutely! Yes, three storey townhouses make heaps of sense to me. More so than two-storey townhouses. Chance for a granny…
I reckon that probably the pertinent point here re Nigeria is that the country is predominantly Muslim, hence unfettered attitude…
Get some Nigerians in there, they’re at it like rabbits “2050 Outlook: Nigeria will be the world’s third-most populous country,…
“If designed from the start” being the operative term One thing in favour of 3 storey places is that, if…
NZ Standards have been promising a revision to 3604 for the last 4-5 years, still nothing. Each year they say…
Three storey in Newlands ?!? That must have been a massive tower by comparison to the surrounding houses – aren’t…
I lived in a 3 storey place in Newlands many moons ago, the heat convection was interesting – in winter…
Regarding building heights, the 11m high restriction can be stretched to allow a metre of gable roof to penetrate past,…
I recall reading a news article in 1999 – on either Newsroom.co.nz or Scoop.co.nz – which said that 1st-gen Chinese…
Thanks Julienz, yes, absolutely right. Nearly all “developed” countries have very low birth replacement rates – way below what is…
Nemo, you might want to check your comments on fertility too. No one in New Zealand is having babies at…
Hmmmmmmmmm, that’s 36,000 builds nationally out of 40,000 for Auckland alone. So we’re looking at a construction sector how much…
Arithmetic can indeed be a bugger, but I guess that we can look at existing capacity as a guide to…
So ignoring the migration red herring, I’ve picked 50 years as “coming decades”. This leaves us with 40,000 new homes…
Although I did find this: “The Indian community, which is likely to account for about 80,000 votes throughout the country,…
I thought that I should check my comments on immigration – so here are some facts. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/424544/poll-shows-large-majority-of-chinese-new-zealanders-still-favour-national-over-labour That seems to…
I think the figures are all based around where NZ is likely to be in 2050 – which is now…
I think the 2 million figure is based on the entirely implausible calculation of what would happen if every existing…
Yeah ,The Wooden box will get a white skirt by the time it is completed, Although the fact that the…