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Q+A: Alain Bertaud on why zoning laws, not poverty, drive New Zealand's housing crisis

Alain Bertaud, former principal urban planner at the World Bank and guest of the New Zealand Initiative, talked to Jack Tame on Q+A about what makes cities function well. Bertaud argued that cities are fundamentally labour markets, and that restrictive zoning laws, not poverty, are the root cause of New Zealand's housing affordability crisis, advocating for both upward density and greenfield development to meet Auckland's projected population growth. Watch below.