TLDR: Signs are emerging that both Labour and National are going soft on their bipartisan densification pact allowing three three-storey townhouses on suburban sections as of right after a massive NIMBY backlash from centre-right dominated councils.
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Elsewhere in the news overnight, Joe Biden declared the Covid pandemic ‘over’, which drove down share prices of vaccine makers, and China announced a slight easing of Covid restrictions for incoming tourists.
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