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@taniwharugby In Akl they pay a development levy but it is, apparently, nowhere near the true cost of providing the necessary infrastructure.
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@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
@taniwharugby In Akl they pay a development levy but it is, apparently, nowhere near the true cost of providing the necessary infrastructure.
... and brown field development is crazy expensive as well. Not only do you have the cost of upgrading existing infrastructure (eyewatering), but in NZ any 3+ level gets into massively expensive seismic design issues.
Bottom line is building is expensive here for lots of reasons
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@dogmeat yeah I know they pay development contributions, which is based on how many extra people it adds to the community, more vehicle movements, contribution to public amenities etc, but in most cases I think they pay for the roading, drainage, connections etc, and then council maintain them.
Although on the larger developments, I think thats where they do al the infrastructure, but pay less on development contributions (been a while since I was at the Council)
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All that time effort and money, the result is the same
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More on Mallard
Hopefully he goes
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@blackeyeagain said in NZ Politics:
More on Mallard
Hopefully he goes
Just saw the speech on parliament about this, what a scumbag.
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@kirwan said in NZ Politics:
@blackeyeagain said in NZ Politics:
More on Mallard
Hopefully he goes
Just saw the speech on parliament about this, what a scumbag.
He's been a bully boy for years
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What's the thinking on Christopher Luxon? Perhaps the next National Leader?
The quotes from his speech read pretty well.
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@kiwimurph For what it's worth I understand he was a pretty divisive figure at AirNZ.
Certainly the least impressive of the Norris / Fyfe / Luxon triumvirate from my personal experience. All three claimed credit for turning Air NZ around!
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@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
@kiwimurph For what it's worth I understand he was a pretty divisive figure at AirNZ.
Certainly the least impressive of the Norris / Fyfe / Luxon triumvirate from my personal experience. All three claimed credit for turning Air NZ around!
Fyfe dealt with the aircraft crash in France, seemed to do a good job of casting a compassionate figure IIRC
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