The construction sector has long suffered from lack of co-ordination, poor planning and vulnerability to shocks. If the country’s building and infrastructure needs are to be met, that has to change.
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An ageing labour force and ongoing border closures will put severe pressure on
New Zealand’s economic reliance on immigration.
February 22 2011 changed Christchurch forever. On the tenth anniversary of the deadly earthquake, how far has the city come and what challenges remain?
A law to fast-track development consents is being fast-tracked itself. Before it’s too late, politicians should insist on greater protection against long-term environmental damage.
Christchurch is now inextricably associated with the mass shootings at two mosques in which 50 people died. So what can a city do when its name become synonymous with such an event?
By removing elected officials and installing a powerful command-and-control agency, the government’s approach to recovery has left many of the city’s people feeling disenfranchised and excluded.
Christchurch is still reeling from the 2011 earthquake, but there may be more on their way.
Three recent events in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, almost four years on from the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in February 2011, suggest that arts and culture are playing a central role in the recovery…
February 22 is the third anniversary of the powerful earthquake that killed 185 people and radically altered the New Zealand city of Christchurch. The city centre is flattened and empty, with thousands…
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Tourism, Sport and Society, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Former Honorary Research Associate, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Adjunct fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Construction and Project Management, Head of School of Built Environment, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Property Studies, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Emeritus Professor, College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle, Australia, University of Newcastle
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Programme Leader, CanConstructNZ, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Resilient and Sustainable Buildings (Maori Engagement), Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of History, University of Canterbury
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Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, Auckland University of Technology