Infometrics stories
The hub's second year delivered a 21% rise in output, with independent analysis showing it supported 148 jobs across Wellington.
A new report says concrete could cut whole-of-life road costs by 17% and reduce maintenance, especially on busy freight routes.
A longer-term plan could unlock up to NZD $4.7 billion a year in extra infrastructure spending as certainty replaces costly policy swings.
Higher mortgage costs and tighter lending are set to keep house prices under pressure, with June marking a third straight monthly fall.
Landlords may avoid selling despite new tax rules, as CoreLogic says capital gains and Brightline liabilities outweigh the extra borrowing costs.
Average household incomes rose just 1.3% last quarter, leaving New Zealand house prices at their least affordable level since records began in 2004.
Queenstown looks most exposed, with tourism reliance and Airbnb saturation making its property market vulnerable to a COVID-19 downturn.
A slump in private development could let ministers add 9,400 state houses, easing a record waiting list and propping up builders.
Rising traffic volumes and under-funded roads are fuelling more crashes, with evidence-based transport investment needed to reverse the toll.
Community Profiles are a tool for visualising a broad range of demographic data from the New Zealand Census in an interactive web-based framework.
Interestingly, they're not specifically about development or operations, but more focused around the need to balance speed with quality and security.
