The New Zealand government has launched formal investigations into outdated heritage and planning rules in Wellington and Hamilton that are allegedly hindering housing development, infrastructure upgrades, and economic growth, with a focus on cost, feasibility, and alignment with
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Oh, do you know I'm actually really torn on this? Because I think first of all, well, MPs, it shouldn't cost you as an MP to have a job, right? He's not, he's not in uh uh uh uh an electorate MP in a Wellington electorate. He did say he was based in Wellington and then decided to move to the wide upper halfway through the parliamentary term. I think it would be a different situation, more clear-cut if he was an MP who had decided to buy a property in Wellington as so many of them used to be a few years.
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unfairly restricting housing growth in priority areas
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