The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

Dawn chorus: Collins wants rezoning

National leader amplifies Nicola Willis' call for emergency re-zoning of land for housing, but doesn't address root cause of ratepayers refusing to pay for infrastructure to cope with mass migration

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Bernard Hickey
Jan 26, 2021
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TLDR: National Leader Judith Collins gave her ‘State of the Nation’ address to begin her political year yesterday and used it to amplify Nicola Willis’ pre-Christmas call for emergency legislation or regulation to rezone land for housing. Here’s my analysis from Jan 17 on that call and the prospects for bipartisanship.

Essentially, National and Labour h…

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