The Kākā’s Journal of Record for Monday, July 15

Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy publishes new 2016 Unitary Plan impact paper; PMI plunges in June; Bishop announces results of tougher Kāinga Ora evictions policy; Brown cutting orange cone funding

TL;DR: The top six announcements, rulings, reports, surveys, statistics and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the three days to 6:00 am on Monday, July 15 23 are:

1. University of Auckland researcher Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy published an analysis of the impact of Auckland's 2016 zoning reforms.

2. BNZ's latest Performance of Manufacturing Index found that NZ’s manufacturing sector activity in June dropped to its third lowest monthly level outside COVID lockdowns.

3. Housing Ministers Chris Bishop & Tama Potaka announced an increased number of tenancy terminations following the scrapping of Kāinga Ora's Sustaining Tenancies Framework.

4. Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced the Coalition Government is cutting spending on road cones and temporary traffic management (TTM).

5. Veolia NZ announced a new charging regime that ‘aligns’ Papakura water pricing with Auckland. Veolia says this will ‘ensure long-term sustainability’ for managing Papakura’s water infrastructure.

6. MPI has proposed the cruise ship levy rise 29% to $34.43 per passenger from December 1, while the air passenger levy would fall 9.2% to $34.54 from December 1. Here’s the full consultation document.

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The Full Journal of Record for July 15: