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Simplicity accuses Watercare and Vector of ‘gross overcharging’

The country's biggest build-to-rent builder says the utility monopolies are Auckland’s biggest roadblocks to residential development.

Simplicity Living’s Te Reiputa, $4m in infrastructure growth charges.

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Simplicity Living, the country’s largest private developer of dedicated rental housing, has slammed Watercare and Vector as Auckland’s biggest roadblocks to new residential developments – in that order.

The two utility monopolies say they are acting under local council and Government

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Brent Melville Wed, 06 May 2026
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