Auckland is NZ’s ‘primate city’ but its potential remains caged in by poor planning and vision
- Written by Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

The recent report comparing Auckland to nine international peer cities delivered an uncomfortable truth: our largest city is falling behind, hampered by car dependency, low-density housing and “weak economic performance”.
The Deloitte State of the City analysis was no surprise to anyone who has watched successive governments...