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Collaboration in action: a new model for building consent processing
Wed 20 May 2026

Collaboration in action: a new model for building consent processing

Contributed by the Co-Lab team, this piece explores how councils across Waikato and Bay of Plenty are improving building consent services through a shared model that boosts efficiency, consistency, and resilience.

The building system is not fundamentally broken and new BRANZ levy arrangements
Tue 19 Mar 2024

The building system is not fundamentally broken and new BRANZ levy arrangements

MBIE releases a summary feedback it received last year on its review of the building consent system.

Residential building supplies market study
Tue 23 May 2023

Residential building supplies market study

Government responds to the Commerce Commission’s market study into residential building supplies.