Stats NZ said yesterday gross domestic product (gdp) fell 1.6% in the March quarter, the largest drop in 29 years, as the initial effects of Covid-19 restrictions impacted on economic activity and drought affected some areas.
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Productivity Commission seeks ideas on a better pandemic exit
How do we exit the never-before era of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown and emerge in better shape?
Read more →Productivity Commission releases first future of work draft
The Productivity Commission released its first draft report on the future of work today.
Read more →4 scenarios on future of work
The Productivity Commission raises questions on what kind of work you might be doing – or think you might do – and presents 4 scenarios following feedback on its latest research.
Read more →State sector efficiency is next Productivity Commission target
The Productivity Commission will undertake an inquiry into how the state sector can effectively measure & improve productivity in core public services, with a final report scheduled for August 2018.
Read more →Productivity Commission goes back to first principles on urban planning
The Productivity Commission said today it had taken a “first principles” approach to planning in its investigation of urban planning and what it might be. The commission issued its final report, Better urban planning, this morning.
Read more →Start with a figure you don’t know, then plan accordingly….
How many people will migrate to New Zealand this year, and over the next 5 years? Nobody knows.
Read more →Productivity Commission urban planning report blunt, measured & perceptive
The bluntest finding in the Productivity Commission’s draft report out last Friday, Better urban planning, is this: The planning system shows considerable evidence of unnecessary, excessive & poorly targeted land use regulations.
Read more →Commission sees government change as essential for urban planning
While Deputy Prime Minister & Finance Minister Bill English was congratulating the Productivity Commission on thinking just like him, the commission found the Government was a culprit – through inadequate legislation – in the failure to provide adequate infrastructure for growth.
Read more →Government says it’s already implementing land for housing recommendations
The Government confirmed yesterday it was already implementing most of the recommendations in the Productivity Commission’s inquiry, Using land for housing.
Read more →Kaipatiki board tells Government to get on with fundamental tasks
A local board has vented its frustration that the Government isn’t proactive enough in advancing resource management, particularly on support for declining cities and secondly in how it will support infrastructure for growing cities.
Read more →Planning system is next Productivity Commission target
The Productivity Commission released an issues paper on Wednesday on improving New Zealand’s urban planning system.
Read more →Propbd on Q Th22Oct15 – auctions – Barfoots, Bayleys, Colliers, Productivity Commission report link
8 intensive residences sell at Barfoots auction – 3 apartments & Orewa development site sell at Bayleys – Colliers auction yesterday – Productivity Commission releases final report on land for housing
Read more →Commission sends land for housing report to Government
The Productivity Commission has delivered the final report on its inquiry, Using land for housing, to ministers and anticipates it will be released late this month.
Read more →Propbd on Q Th13Aug15 – 8 apartments sell, council on Eden Park, Aotea Quarter & land for housing
7 apartments sell at Ray White auction – Council discusses unitary plan position on Eden Park – Consultation to start on Aotea Quarter framework despite much bristling – Land for housing report becomes opportunity to vent views
Read more →Council has forthright message for Government on land for housing
Auckland Council will send a forthright message to the Government on how to apply the 2 tiers’ powers if a draft submission to the Productivity Commission is approved on Thursday.
Read more →Key points from land for housing report
The Productivity Commission makes some central recommendations in a wide-ranging draft report on Using land for housing.
Read more →Commission looks behind high land prices
High land prices encourage the production of larger & more expensive housing.
Read more →Productivity Commission draft on land for housing out in fortnight
The Productivity Commission will release its draft report on its Using land for housing inquiry on Wednesday 17 June.
Read more →Hawkins chief lambasts Government & lawyers for blocking productivity gains
Hawkins Group Ltd chief executive Geoff Hunt laid down 2 challenges for the Government last night, at a function celebrating the group’s own positive attitude – to stop being a barrier to the productivity growth it’s supposedly targeting, and to overcome “hijacking” of the procurement process by lawyers.
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