Well done, a good move from Watercare: 30 November 2024

This is a MAJOR step forwards.

Watercare has implemented a good capacity application process form:
• Online EPA approval checking system
• Consideration of location-specific factors and local line capacity

Our support network continues to grow stronger. SANZ is working alongside the Property Council New Zealand, Urban Development Institute of New Zealand UDINZ, and other industry groups. Inside SANZ, we have assembled a team of: legal advisors, planners, policy experts, and engineers to help navigate these challenges.

Our focus remains on:
• Promoting transparency
• Ensuring fair market processes
• Fostering collaboration
• Supporting appropriate solutions including recourse where needed

VEOLIA? PAPAKURA? They are Auckland too!! Not seeming to be collaborative…

Special thanks to Adrienne L. Miller Miller (hashtagUDINZ CEO) for her guidance (around thought points and words) for me as I navigated our WhatsApp communications. Plus a shout out to Andrew Crosby for his ‘on-point’ post about the ‘Dear John’ letters.

While significant challenges remain, we have made progress toward constructive solutions for Auckland’s development future.

Note: SANZ will not drive individual battles nor will SANZ pressure capacity where it does not exist.

Together, we’re making headway.

Kirsty Merriman and Matthew Gilligan (SANZ Directors)

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About the author
Kirsty Merriman
For years I would plan houses, travel widely and observe communities. I also had the privilege of working for New Zealand's largest dairy company in both New Zealand and Malaysia. All the while supported by my husband and young daughter. After a while, our roles swapped and we moved to the Arabian Gulf. Meanwhile my passion for property and communities continued to simmer.

Along came COVID and had no choice but to pivot... in the words of Robert Frost, I looked for and "found the road less travelled by" and decided that maybe I could "make [a] the difference".

I look for to find insights and built a few of the houses that we need. This means a saleable house and a profitable and sustainable business.

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