Wellington mayor Tory Whanau is finally free to speak her mind about the District Plan and those IHP recommendations.

The War for Wellington is over, and there is one overwhelming winner: housing. 

After a very long council meeting today, Wellington City Council has officially approved a new District Plan enabling tens of thousands of new houses. Our Wellington editor is in the room reporting on every development.

If these amendments pass, it will be a major step forward for housing capacity and density in the capital. 

Tomorrow, Wellington city councillors will rewrite the rulebook for housing in the capital city, and we'll be liveblogging it all.

Meaningful and engaged debates about the future of our cities are hugely important: but are we having the right conversations?

Even assuming everything the panel did was perfectly well-intentioned, their results are still egregiously flawed. Their recommendations must be rejected.

Wellington’s housing panel slashed high-density zoning across the city, but never actually said how much it had cut. These maps have the answer.

A heritage professional on why Wellington should keep character areas in the inner suburbs. 

Does building new housing improve affordability? An economist breaks down the important but controversial question. 

The former city councillor and current MP for Wellington Central's message for the council.

The case for moving to the region's fast-growing and unfairly maligned northern city.

Newtown's legendary street fair is Wellington at its very best. It also shows what the city risks losing.

We can do things more efficiently and at lower cost when we cluster together.

They've attracted criticism from all sides for their controversial decisions to reduce housing capacity. But who are they?