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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Roger Partridge: Auckland Council’s precautionary urbanism


Auckland Council has confirmed what many suspected: in most of the city centre, 20 storeys is quite tall enough. We wouldn’t want to frighten ourselves into looking like a real city.

Not everywhere, of course. A few favoured blocks in the CBD will be permitted to reach for the sky – provided they don’t offend a protected viewshaft, cast an unauthorised shadow, or challenge our collective sense of scale. But outside that core, the Council has drawn a firm line: 72.5 metres. Generous, but not excessive.