Story: City planning

More links and websites

• Greater Christchurch – Urban development strategy

  A plan for managing urban development that manages population growth in a sustainable way.

• Ministry for the Environment – The New Zealand urban design protocol

  The Protocol is a voluntary commitment to specific urban design initiatives by central and local government, the property sector, design professionals, professional institutes and other groups.

• The Auckland Plan

  A 30-year strategy to manage regional growth sustainably in Auckland.

More suggestions and sources

• Ferguson, Gael. Building the New Zealand dream. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press and Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1994.

• Miller, Caroline. The unsung profession: a history of the New Zealand Planning Institute, 1946–2002. Wellington: Dunmore for the New Zealand Planning Institute, 2007.

• Schrader, Ben. We call it home: a history of state housing in New Zealand. Auckland: Reed, 2005.