The Papakura Paradox: 20 November 2024
🏗️ The Papakura Paradox: Auckland’s Red Zones
Recent discussions about Auckland’s red-zoning have overlooked a critical area: Papakura. I raised this as an issue on LinkedIn a few months ago, there was plenty of response but no action and now it remains a somewhat mystery.
• Papakura was among the first areas to experience red-zoning (under Veolia)
• It appears as a dark green zone on current maps: the DARKLANDS?
• Approved Resource Consents (RCs) were later denied EPAs.
• Developers who received RC approvals operated under the expectation that these were valid
📍 Real Example:
• An $880,000 upgrade required for public lines to develop just four houses
• Multiple vacant sites remain undeveloped due to these constraints
❓ The Question We Need to Address:
Why isn’t there more transparency about these development constraints in Papakura?
