NZ's Economy Is Turning: Housing Recovery, Auckland Pricing & New Planning Laws

Can New Zealand build its way out of this slump? And what happens when AI changes how we work faster than the property market recovers?

Andrew Crosby joins me for a conversation about property, business and where New Zealand goes next. We compare how we’re actually using Claude and ChatGPT, from research and development feasibilities to travel planning, and ask what young people should be learning now.

Why are some Auckland townhouses selling below replacement cost? Why have Auckland and Hamilton had such different results over the past decade? And will new planning rules make building easier if council and infrastructure costs keep climbing?

We also look overseas, with observations from Japan, South Korea and South Africa. What could New Zealand learn from them, and where are we getting in our own way?

Along the way we get into first-home buyers, retirement villages, supermarkets, rent-to-own and the cost of living. Then we put our predictions on the record for interest rates, Auckland house prices and building costs in October 2027.

If you’re buying, building, running a business or wondering what AI means for your future, there’s plenty in this conversation to get your teeth into.

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