Auckland chooses high house prices & low GDP

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey · Jun 10, 2026 · 13m

Here’s the key news in Aotearoa’s political economy over the last day or so around housing, climate and poverty, along with analysis and detail in the video and podcast above, and in the PDF of the presentation attached below, for paying subscribers:

* The Lead: Auckland Council opted last night to recommend its two least intense housing supply plans for local boards to consider, which its economists advised would mean Auckland’s house price inflation would be 4-6% higher and its economy would be $3.9 billion smaller than if they had chosen two other plans that allowed up to an extra 600,000…