Auckland has 47% of New Zealand’s multi-owned properties, and they account for 31% of all properties in Auckland. These multi-owned properties are either unit titles (strata titles), or cross leases. Cross leases are a unique form of property ownership developed by a lawyer in the late 1950s to allow the ownership of units within a...

Affordable housing has become a major issue for all Australian and New Zealand cities. A key contributing factor is inadequate land supply. The New Zealand government introduced a National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity which seeks to improve housing affordability by increasing land supply. The policy requires the production of various ‘evidences’ that, it...

Given the size of existing parcels in urban areas, amalgamation and redevelopment will be needed in order to increase dwelling density. Land amalgamation is a fundamental step in the development process that allows for the unpicking of the existing ‘sticky’ property boundaries.