14 Apr 2025

Urban Issues with Bill McKay

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 14 April 2025

Napier approves a 59-lot housing development in a tsunami zone, and it's complicated. Bill discusses the recent decision, how it came to be, and who pays for maintenance and any damage from inundation.

Napier City Council voted not to introduce Māori wards in time for next year’s local body elections.

Photo: RNZ / Tom Kitchin

Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.