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Len Brown, Nick Smith meeting breaks up without agreement on Auckland house plan

Len Brown (TV3)

'We can't allow prices to go up in Auckland by another $50K a house next year' – Nick Smith

Housing Minister Nick Smith

Housing Minister offers olive branch to Mayor Len Brown amid tension over whether the city should build up, or sprawl. UPDATED: Key weighs in, raising interest rate rise fear.

International planning expert blasts Len Brown

Len Brown: wrong choices

POLL: NBR readers' verdict on whether the OCR should be raised to cool the housing market

RAW DATA: ACT Party Conference: Leader's Address

ACT wants RMA changed to remove 'built-in bias against subdivision'

Alternative accommodation: Blogger David Farrar inside a Gibbs' Farm sculpture

Banks says Resource Management Act has led to Auckland first-home buyers facing "housing costs almost as unaffordable as London." He details specific changes.