A fight is brewing over housing densification in New Zealand’s biggest city with the Government viewing Auckland Council’s moves to protect character villas as unlawful, NZ Herald understands. Ministers in Wellington think Auckland Council has been overzealous in the way it has applied character protections to villa-heavy central suburbs and potentially in breach of new planning laws designed to free up urban land for more apartments and townhouses.

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