National proposes requiring councils to zone more land for housing immediately. National Party leader Judith Collins has put the steps into a member's bill which she will try to get before Parliament. It would put in place an emergency process, similar to that used after the Christchurch earthquakes, to open up land and build housing quickly. And it would require all urban councils to immediately zone more land for housing, enough for at least 30 years of growth. "National doesn't share Labour's view that you can tax your way out of a housing shortage.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 13, 2021 17:01 UTC