In this issue

  • Editorial a message from Amelia Linzey
  • Chair’s Report from Reg Proffit
  • Regional Round Up
  • Obituary: Luke O’Dwyer
  • Unaffordable Housing: The case against land use planning by Dr J D M Fairgray
  • Canterbury Earthquake Sequence: Ten years on by Wendy Saunders, EQC, Janice Carter, Barker & Associates & Alan Matheson, AM Planning Limited
  • Climate Change: Preparing for the costs by Matt Raeburn, Senior Associate – Sustainability, Beca (with planning inputs from Amelia Linzey, Chief Planner, Beca)
  • Reflections: On the role of urban designers as expert witnesses and members of a profession by Ian Munro, Urban Designer and Urban Planner & Lisa Mein, Director, Mein Urban Design and Planning Ltd.
  • Findings from the Courts: Hapū evidence determinative of adverse cultural effects by Anne Buchanan, Special Counsel, DLA Piper
  • From the policy Desk: The practical functioning of New Zealand’s future planning system by Dr Joel Cayford, NZPI Policy Analyst