Land Banking
Snatching land back - could it work?
31 Oct 2017
Auckland's Mayor has suggested a way to free up land for housing developments in the jampacked city - seizing it from land bankers. Phil Twyford's also suggested Crown land owned by ministers should… Audio
Land banking
25 Aug 2016
Is it ok to sit on your land and watch it gain value rather than building much needed housing on it? Audio
'Insidious' land banking boom - Labour
25 Aug 2016
Hundreds of properties advertised on Trade Me as being 'good for land banking' highlights the need to crackdown on speculators, Labour says.
Act weighs in on landbanking debate
5 Jul 2016
The Act Party weighs in on the landbanking debate. Its leader, David Seymour, says the compulsory purchase of land should only be used for building roads, not for development. We ask him why. Audio