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More magical thinking borne of 1989
Briefly in the news in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Wednesday, November 26:
* RMA Reform, Housing and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop announced plans last night to abolish regional councils to “simplify how we plan our cities and regions and make it far easier to build the future New Zealanders deserve.”
* But in my view, it’s another attempt to try to squeeze out cost savings to pay for new and existing infrastructure for ongoing strong population growth, when the real problem is a self-imposed limit on using the Crown’s balance sheet to do it…
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