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Aucklanders are having mixed reactions to Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's plan to push ahead with intensification in inner-city suburbs.
Last month, the government agreed to reduce Auckland's minimum housing capacity from roughly two million to 1.6 million in the coming decades. That is still 400,000 more than the 1.2 million under its current Unitary Plan.
Mayor Brown said his council would be asking the government to allow more housing density within 10 kilometres of the city, where there is good public transport and infrastructure.
Sally Hughes, from the Auckland heritage group the Character Coalition, said she was worried about what the council's plans would mean for suburbs with historic architecture.
"We're
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