A 2018 conference on Urban Design in Wellington summed up the major failings of policy development in a single event. Don't worry, you don't need to know anything about urban design to read this, it is about the all-too-common process. As I have pointed out, this is the product of council planners forcing a "compact city" ideology. Perhaps some really good policy could come from this. Don't hold your breath for urban design, or any other major policy area, to be improved any time soon.

Source: Stuff March 17, 2019 15:56 UTC