
Poll: Do you think this block should be overturned?
State housing provider Kāinga Ora wants a court to overturn planning restrictions that prevent the building of multi-storey state homes in heritage housing areas like Hamilton East.
Currently development in those zones is restricted by Hamilton City Council’s controversial Plan Change 9.
Do you think this block should be overturned? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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35.4% Yes
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12.5% Maybe in certain areas
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52.1% No

Hoarder’s burden lifted as property turns from dump to developer’s dream
Developers are now eyeing up the property of a Hamilton hoarder that only weeks ago was an eyesore of exploding rubbish bags and trash.
The clean-up job which is expected to cost “tens of thousands” is still underway, with diggers scraping up the last remains of decades-worth of hoarding and illegally dumped rubbish.


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