Follow the podcast onNeighbourhoods around the country are pushing against Kainga Ora developments. Forty-five-unit apartment blocks being developed in New Plymouth have neighbours worried. Mayor, Neil Holdom, told Heather du Plessis-Allan that people are raising legitimate concerns – but more social housing is needed. “We’ve got a waiting list with 770 families, that’s not 770 people that’s 770 families in Taranaki.”Meanwhile, a petition garnering thousands of signatures hopes to stop a development on Auckland's North Shore. LISTEN ABOVE

Source: New Zealand Herald May 24, 2022 05:44 UTC