Tag: advocacy

What does value capture actually mean?

You might have heard whispers of the government potentially introducing a ‘value capture’ scheme to help fund Auckland Light Rail. Like many advocacy topics, policy developments in one part of […]

Leonie Freeman: The Art of Advocacy

In late 2021, Property Council’s advocacy team circulated a survey to members asking them to rank the top local and national priorities for us to work on in 2022. The […]

What will our future resource management system look like?

The Ministry for the Environment has released a discussion document on our future resource management system. The discussion document indicates that the Spatial Planning Act will mandate regional spatial planning […]

Value Capture back on the agenda

Property Council was fortunate to attend the recent ministerial announcement of the future of Auckland Light Rail, where we heard firsthand from Minister Robertson and Woods of the government’s intention […]

How will the RMA Amendment Bill and NPS on Urban Development work together?

The advocacy team have been extraordinarily busy this month, with five submissions made on topics such as transitioning to a low-emissions economy, the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other […]

Active Advocacy

When New Zealand plunged into lockdown on August 17, Property Council’s advocacy team geared up to provide the Government and decision makers with the best information and advice to help […]

Submission: Housing and Urban Development

Property Council recently submitted on the Government’s Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development (GPS-HUD). While we supported a majority of the proposals, there are certain parts  of the Discussion Document that required […]

Join the Working Group: Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development

Consultation is now open on the Government’s Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development (GPS-HUD). GPS-HUD is intended to provide a shared vision and direction across housing and urban development, […]

Housing Kiwis with Build-to-Rent

You may have caught our interview with Newshub on Friday where Head of Advocacy Denise Lee spoke about the opportunity of Build-to-Rent (BTR) and existing hurdles holding up this type […]

Making your voice heard in the regions

With Long-term Plan (LTP) season coming to a close, Property Council’s advocacy team is in the final throes of submitting on the draft LTPs for Tauranga and Wellington, with submissions […]