Publications

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BBHTC. (2015). Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Ko ngā wā kaingā hei whakamahorahora. Overview and research plan for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities National Science Challange. Wellington: National Science Challenge 11: Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities.

BBHTC. (2015). Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Ko ngā wā kaingā hei whakamahorahora - Appendices . Wellington: National Science Challenge 11: Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities.

BBHTC. (2018). Phase 2 Investment Process. Wellington: National Science Challenge 11: Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities.

BBHTC. (2018). Strategy for Phase II: 2019-2024. Wellington: National Science Challenge 11: Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities.

BBHTC. (2018). Revised Tranche 2 Strategy. Wellington: National Science Challenge 11: Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities.

Saville-Smith, K., Witten, K., James, B. & Opit, S. (2018). Landscape of Research Relevant to the BBHTC Mission. A report of research funding, outputs and post-graduate work since 2012. Wellington: National Science Challenge 11: Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities.

Chang-Richards, A. (2019). An architecture of decision making for expertise mobilisation: Post-earthquake recovery. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities SRA: The Architecture of Decision-Making. February 2019, 39pgs. Wellington: BBHTC/CRESA.

Dyer, M., Dyer, R., Ferrari, T., Weng, M-H., Wilson, J., Wilkins, R., & Wu, S. (2019). Data Collection, Data Analytics, Data Visualisations and Data Storytelling. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Urban narratives (Contestable Research), 65pgs, Waikato: BBHTC.

James, B. (2019). Developers’ decision-making: a case study of development in Special Housing Areas. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Homes and Spaces for Generations. October 2019, 28pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Murphy, L. (2019). Financiers and developers: Interviews concerning their interests, relationships, and the residential development process. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities SRA: The Architecture of Decision-Making. March 2019. Wellington: BBHTC.

Saville-Smith, K. (2019). Building for Shared Rental Homes by Non-profit Community Housing Providers: Building Costs. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities contestable fund research: Building Solutions. July 2019, 20pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Saville-Smith, K. (Ed.). (2019). Revitalising the Production of Affordable Housing for Productive, Engaged & Healthy Lives: Integrated Report. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Homes and Spaces for Generations. November 2019, 109pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Squires, G. & White, I. (2019). Resilience and housing markets: Who is it really for? Land Use Policy, 81, 167-174. ISSN 0264-8377.

Adams, B. & McKenzie, G. (2018). Crowdsourcing the character of a place: Character-level convolutional networks for multilingual geographic text classification. Transactions in GIS, Vol 22, 2, 394-408. doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12317

BBHTC. (2016). SRA development: Making the architecture of decisions work for better homes, towns and cities - SRA 1. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities SRA - The Architecture of Decision-Making, June 2017. Wellington: Author.

Berghan, J., Goodwin, D. & Carter, L. (2018). Remaking community: Building principles of communal tenure into contemporary housing developments. In Remaking Cities: Conference Proceedings, pp. 45-51. Melbourne: RMIT university.

Birchmore, R. (2018). Medium-density dwellings in Auckland and the building regulations. Unitec ePress Occasional and Discussion Paper Series (2018:2). Building Better Homes Towns and Cities National Science Challenge think-piece. Auckland: Unitec.

Chang-Richards, A. (2019). An architecture of decision making for expertise mobilisation: Post-earthquake recovery. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities SRA: The Architecture of Decision-Making. February 2019, 39pgs. Wellington: BBHTC/CRESA.

Davies, K., Wilkinson, S. & McMeel, D. (2017). A review of specialist role definitions in BIM guides and standards. Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon), Vol. 22, pg. 185-203, http://www.itcon.org/2017/10

Dyer, M., Dyer, R., Ferrari, T., Weng, M-H., Wilson, J., Wilkins, R., & Wu, S. (2019). Data Collection, Data Analytics, Data Visualisations and Data Storytelling. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Urban narratives (Contestable Research), 65pgs, Waikato: BBHTC.

Dyer, M., Hinze, A., & Dyer, R. (2018). Building Research Capacity in Communities: Community Workshop Feedback Report #1. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Urban narratives (Contestable Research), 41pgs, Waikato: BBHTC.

Fredrickson, C. (2018). Land covenants in Auckland and their effect on urban development. Auckland Council technical report, 76pgs, TR2018/013

Fredrickson, C. & Saville-Smith, K. (2018). Covenants and risks to the supply of land for modest homes and affordable housing. Research Bulletin, 6pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Goodwin, D. & Berghan, J. (2018). A planning model to incorporate socially-based tenure principles into mainstream planning. FIG Congress 2018, Embracing our smart world where the continents connect: enhancing the geospatial maturity of societies. Istanbul, Turkey, 6-11 May 2018.

Ivory, V. (2017). Rebuilding great neighbourhoods, Build 160, June/July 2017, pp 68-69, BRANZ.

Ivory, V., O’Donnell, K. & Schindler, M. (2018). Potentials, problems and possibilities for developing New Zealand’s built environment through high-value geospatial information. Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. DOI: 10.1080/1177083X.2018.1538053

James, B. (2017). Getting the housing we say we want: Learning from the special housing area experience in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty. Paper 1 - National Policy and Initial Local Implementation. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities SRA: The Architecture of Decision-Making, Life as Lived Component. December 2017. Wellington: BBHTC

James, B. (2018). Spaces in contention in the Western Bay of Plenty sub-region: Special Housing Areas and public consultation. 55pgs. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities SRA: The Architecture of Decision-Making, Life as Lived Component. August 2018. Wellington: BBHTC.

James, B. (2019). Developers’ decision-making: a case study of development in Special Housing Areas. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Homes and Spaces for Generations. October 2019, 28pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

James, B. & Saville-Smith, K. (2018). Designing housing decision-support tools for resilient older people. Architectural Science Review, 61, 4, 1-8, Published online 2 August.

James, B. & Saville-Smith, N. (2018). Tenure insecurity and exclusion: older people in New Zealand’s rental market. 17pgs. Paper presented to European Network of Housing Researchers Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, 27-29 June 2018.

MacGregor, C. (2017). Preparing for the future, Build 163, December 2017/January 2018, pp 49-50. Wellington: BRANZ

Murphy, L. (2017). Housing affordability, urban planning and Auckland's special housing areas. In: Howden-Chapman P., L Early & J. Ombler (eds.) Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities (pp. 67-78). Wellington: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.

Murphy, L. (2017). Land costs and affordability. Build 163, December 2017/January 2018, pp 59-60. Wellington: BRANZ.

Murphy, L. (2019). Financiers and developers: Interviews concerning their interests, relationships, and the residential development process. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities SRA: The Architecture of Decision-Making. March 2019. Wellington: BBHTC.

Nandedkar, G. & White, I. (2017). Decoding housing messages. Build 163, December 2017/January 2018, pp 52-54. Wellington: BRANZ.

Opit, S. & Witten, K. (2018). Unlocking transport innovation: A sociotechnical perspective of the logics of transport planning decision-making within the trial of a new type of pedestrian crossing. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities SRA: The Architecture of Decision-Making, June 2018. Wellington: BBHTC.

Patel, Y. (2018). File to Factory: A case study of automated prefabrication house-building methods for small-to-medium enterprises. Unitec ePress Occasional and Discussion Paper Series (2017:10). Building Better Homes Towns and Cities National Science Challenge think-piece. Auckland: Unitec.

Saville-Smith, K. (2017). Investing in affordable homes. Build 163, December 2017/January 2018, pp 56-58. Wellington: BRANZ.

Saville-Smith, K. (2017). Thinking about the logics of affordable new build delivery: Some preliminary thoughts on the structural position of different types of new-builders. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities SRA: The Architecture of Decision-Making, June 2017. Wellington: BBHTC.

Saville-Smith, K. (2018). Following the money: Understanding the building industry’s exit from affordable housing production. Research Bulletin, 5pgs, Wellington: Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities.

Saville-Smith, K. (2018). Revitalising the production of lower value homes: Researching dynamics and outcomes. 16pgs. Paper presented to European Network of Housing Researchers Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, 27-29 June 2018.

Saville-Smith, K. (2019). Building for Shared Rental Homes by Non-profit Community Housing Providers: Building Costs. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities contestable fund research: Building Solutions. July 2019, 20pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Saville-Smith, K. (2019). Building for Shared Rental Homes by Non-profit Community Housing Providers: Maximising yield, reducing risks and effectively using land for older people’s rental housing. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities contestable fund research: Building Solutions. June 2019, 26pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Saville-Smith, K. (Ed.). (2019). Revitalising the Production of Affordable Housing for Productive, Engaged & Healthy Lives: Integrated Report. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Homes and Spaces for Generations. November 2019, 109pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Saville-Smith, K. & James, B. (2018). Resilience, Ageing, and Adapting to Change. In Roaf, S., Brotus, L. & Nicol, F. (Eds.), Design to Thrive - Legacy Document (pp. 47- 50). 33rd PLEA International conference 2017. Edinburgh: PLEA.

Saville-Smith, K., Saville-Smith, N. & Fraser, R. (2017). ADU Potential: Have we the potential to use our existing stock of homes to create a bigger stock of affordable, fit for purpose homes?. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities SRA: The Architecture of Decision-Making, December 2017. Wellington: BBHTC

Saville-Smith, K., Saville-Smith, N. & James, B. (2016). Community housing providers, procurement and the building industry. Report ER21. ISSN: 2423-0839. Wellington: BRANZ

Saville-Smith, N. & Saville-Smith, K. (2018). Declining egalitarianism and the battle for affordable housing in New Zealand. Paper presented to European Network of Housing Researchers Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, 27-29 June 2018.

Schindler M., Dionisio R. & Kingham S. (2018). A multi-level perspective of a spatial data ecosystem: needs and challenges among urban planning stakeholders in New Zealand. International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructure Research,Vol 13, 223-252.

Squires, G. & White, I. (2019). Resilience and housing markets: Who is it really for? Land Use Policy, 81, 167-174. ISSN 0264-8377.

Tookey, J. (2017). Putting knowledge into action, Build 163, December 2017/January 2018, pp 44-46. Wellington: BRANZ.

Trapani, P. (2018). Collaborative housing as a response to the housing crisis in Auckland. Unitec ePress Occasional and Discussion Paper Series (2018:1). Building Better Homes Towns and Cities National Science Challenge think-piece. Unitec: Auckland.

van Weedenburg, D., Scheider, S., Adams, B., Spierings, B. & van der Zee, E. (2018). Where to go and what to do: Extracting leisure activities from Web data on urban space. under review

Wilkinson, S., Tookey, J., Potangaroa, R., MacGregor, C., Milicich, M., Ghodrati, N., Adafin, J., Stocchero, A. & Bayne, K. (2017). Transforming the building industry: State of Nation knowledge report. Working Paper for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities, Strategic Area 6: Transforming the Building Industry, pgs 106. Wellington: BBHTC/Urban Research Network

Emery, T. & McLean, I. (Eds.). (2019). Toitū te kāinga, toitū te ora, toitū te tangata: Healthy homes, healthy people. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 139pgs. Rotorua: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology.

Henry, E. & Crothers, C. (2019). Exploring Papakāinga: A Kaupapa Māori quantitative methodology. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, project 8 – Papakainga Whenu 3, May 2019. Wellington: BBHTC

Lee-Morgan, J., Hoskins, R., Te Nana, R., Rua, M. & Knox, W. (2019). In service to homeless whānau in Tāmaki Makaurau. Report of the Manaaki Tāngata Programme at Te Puea Memorial Marae for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 60pgs. Auckland: Te Puea Memorial Marae

Menzies, D., Whitehead, J., Walker, G., Reid, J. & MacFarlane, A. (2019). Economics and financing of housing for Māori - literature review. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Whai Rawa Whenu, Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 47pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Menzies, D., Whitehead, J., Walker, G., Reid, J. & MacFarlane, A. (2019). Summary sheet: Economics and financing of housing for Māori - literature review. Report summary for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Whai Rawa Whenu, Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 2pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Reddy, R., Simpson, M., Wilson, Y. & Nock, S. (2019). He kāinga pai rawa atu mō ngā kaumātua: He keteparaha tēnei mō te whare kaumātua - A really good home for our kaumātua: A toolkit for kaumātua housing. 29pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Reddy, R., Simpson, M., Wilson, Y., Nock, S. & Johnston, K. (2019). Te Moemoeā: The Dream. He kāinga pai rawa: A really good home. Think piece one, 20pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Reddy, R., Simpson, M., Wilson, Y., Nock, S. & Johnston, K. (2019). Kia tūtuki te moemoeā: The road to making the dream/vision a reality. He kāinga pai rawa: A really good home. Think piece two, 20pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Reddy, R., Simpson, M., Wilson, Y., Nock, S. & Johnston, K. (2019). Te ao mārama - Kua ea te moemoeā: Achievement of the dream/vision. He kāinga pai rawa: A really good home. Think piece three, 16pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Rout, M., Reid, J., Menzies, D. & MacFarlane, A. (2019). Homeless and landless in two generations – Averting the Māori housing disaster. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 22pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Ryks, J., Kilgour, J., Whitehead, J. & Rarere, M. (2019). Te pae mahutonga and the measurement of community capital in regional Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Population Review, 44, 85-108.

Ryks, J., Kilgour, J., Whitehead, J., Whetu, A. & Whetu, J. (2019). Jenniferann.com, regional development, and realising the aspirations of mana whenua in Pōkeno. New Zealand Geographer, 1-11, published online 16 October 2019. DOI: 10.1111/nzg.12235

Te Nana, R., Lee-Morgan, J., Reihana, T. & Hoskins, R. (2019). Mā te ringa raupa: Repositioning iwi-led training within the design, building and construction industry. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 42pgs. Auckland: Unitec.

Whaanga-Schollum, D., Akama, Y. & Hagen, P. (2019). Problematizing replicable design to practice respectful, reciprocal, and relational co-designing with indigenous people. Design and Culture, 11:1, 59-84, DOI: 10.1080/17547075.2019.1571306

BBHTC. (2018). Māori Housing Think Tank Hui - Wednesday, 24 January 2018. Briefing paper, 6pgs. Wellington: Author.

BBHTC. (2018). Māori Housing Think Tank Hui - Wednesday, 24 January 2018. Hui Summary paper, 9pgs. Wellington: Author.

Emery, T. & McLean, I. (Eds.). (2019). Toitū te kāinga, toitū te ora, toitū te tangata: Healthy homes, healthy people. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 139pgs. Rotorua: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology.

Henry, E. (2017). Rangahau Māori (Māori Research): An Indigenous Perspective. 18pgs. International Social Innovation Research Conference, Swinburne University, Melbourne, December 12-15, 2017.

Henry, E. & Crothers, C. (2019). Exploring Papakāinga: A Kaupapa Māori quantitative methodology. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, project 8 – Papakainga Whenu 3, May 2019. Wellington: BBHTC

Lee-Morgan, J. & Hoskins, R. (2017). Kāinga tahi, kāinga rua: A kaupapa Māori Response of Te Puea Memorial Marae. Parity 30, 8 (Oct 2017), 13-14. Melbourne: Victorian Council to Homeless Persons (CHP).

Lee-Morgan, J., Hoskins, R., Te Nana, R., Rua, M. & Knox, W. (2019). In service to homeless whānau in Tāmaki Makaurau. Report of the Manaaki Tāngata Programme at Te Puea Memorial Marae for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 60pgs. Auckland: Te Puea Memorial Marae

Menzies, D. (2017). Interview with James Brown, Kaiwhakahaere, Ngāi Tai. Landscape/Opinion piece article on the Landscape Foundation website https://www.landscape.org.nz.

Menzies, D. (2018). Māori and indigenous housing annotated bibliography. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 54pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Menzies, D. (2018). Ngāi Tūhoe do things differently: Interview with Tāmati Kruger. Culture, Opinion piece article on the Landscape Foundation website https://www.landscape.org.nz.

Menzies, D., Whitehead, J., Walker, G., Reid, J. & MacFarlane, A. (2019). Economics and financing of housing for Māori - literature review. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Whai Rawa Whenu, Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 47pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Menzies, D., Whitehead, J., Walker, G., Reid, J. & MacFarlane, A. (2019). Summary sheet: Economics and financing of housing for Māori - literature review. Report summary for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Whai Rawa Whenu, Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 2pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Reddy, R., Simpson, M., Wilson, Y. & Nock, S. (2019). He kāinga pai rawa atu mō ngā kaumātua: He keteparaha tēnei mō te whare kaumātua - A really good home for our kaumātua: A toolkit for kaumātua housing. 29pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Reddy, R., Simpson, M., Wilson, Y., Nock, S. & Johnston, K. (2019). Te Moemoeā: The Dream. He kāinga pai rawa: A really good home. Think piece one, 20pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Reddy, R., Simpson, M., Wilson, Y., Nock, S. & Johnston, K. (2019). Kia tūtuki te moemoeā: The road to making the dream/vision a reality. He kāinga pai rawa: A really good home. Think piece two, 20pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Reddy, R., Simpson, M., Wilson, Y., Nock, S. & Johnston, K. (2019). Te ao mārama - Kua ea te moemoeā: Achievement of the dream/vision. He kāinga pai rawa: A really good home. Think piece three, 16pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Rout, M., Reid, J., Menzies, D. & MacFarlane, A. (2019). Homeless and landless in two generations – Averting the Māori housing disaster. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 22pgs. Wellington: BBHTC

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (2018). Highlights Report. RAIC International Indigenous Architecture and Design Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, 27 May 2017.

Ryks, J., Kilgour, J., Whitehead, J. & Rarere, M. (2019). Te pae mahutonga and the measurement of community capital in regional Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Population Review, 44, 85-108.

Ryks, J., Kilgour, J., Whitehead, J., Whetu, A. & Whetu, J. (2019). Jenniferann.com, regional development, and realising the aspirations of mana whenua in Pōkeno. New Zealand Geographer, 1-11, published online 16 October 2019. DOI: 10.1111/nzg.12235

Smith, J. (2018). Towards a Kaupapa Māori Ako Knowledge Transfer System. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 11pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Te Nana, R. (2018). Tackling homelessness through marae-led care. Advance: Maori Innovation, 18-21, Winter 2018. Auckland: Unitec.

Te Nana, R., Lee-Morgan, J., Reihana, T. & Hoskins, R. (2019). Mā te ringa raupa: Repositioning iwi-led training within the design, building and construction industry. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 42pgs. Auckland: Unitec.

Whaanga-Schollum, D. (2017). Problematising generic co-design to practice respectful, reciprocal and relational co-design with communities.

Whaanga-Schollum, D., Akama, Y. & Hagen, P. (2019). Problematizing replicable design to practice respectful, reciprocal, and relational co-designing with indigenous people. Design and Culture, 11:1, 59-84, DOI: 10.1080/17547075.2019.1571306

Campbell, M. (2019). Supporting Regional Success: District and Town Profiles. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions: Supporting Success in 2nd Tier Settlements, Sept 2019, 27pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Campbell, M., McNair, H., Mackay, M. & Perkins, H. (2019). Disrupting the regional housing market: Airbnb in New Zealand, Regional Studies, Regional Science, 6:1, 139-142, DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2019.1588156

Davies, B. & Maré, D. (2019). Relatedness, complexity and local growth. Motu Working Paper 19-01. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Davies, B. & Maré, D. (2019). Relatedness, complexity and local growth: Executive Summary. Executive Summary of Motu Working Paper 19-01. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Grimes, A., Preston, K., Maré, D., Badenhorst, S. & Donovan, S. (2019). The contrasting importance of quality of life and quality of business for domestic and international migrants. Motu Working Paper 19-06. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Grimes, A., Preston, K., Maré, D., Badenhorst, S. & Donovan, S. (2019). The contrasting importance of quality of life and quality of business for domestic and international migrants: Executive Summary. Executive Summary of Motu Working Paper 19-06. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Mackay, M. & Perkins, H. C. (2019). Making space for community in super-productivist rural settings, Journal of Rural Studies, 68, (2019), 1-12, DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.03.012

Ryks, J., Kilgour, J., Whitehead, J. & Rarere, M. (2019). Te pae mahutonga and the measurement of community capital in regional Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Population Review, 44, 85-108.

Ryks, J., Kilgour, J., Whitehead, J., Whetu, A. & Whetu, J. (2019). Jenniferann.com, regional development, and realising the aspirations of mana whenua in Pōkeno. New Zealand Geographer, 1-11, published online 16 October 2019. DOI: 10.1111/nzg.12235

Apatov, E. & Grimes, A. (2017). Impacts of higher education institutions on local population and employment growth. International Regional Science Review. First Published March 22, 2017: DOI: 10.1177/0160017617698742.

Campbell, M. (2019). Supporting Regional Success: District and Town Profiles. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions: Supporting Success in 2nd Tier Settlements, Sept 2019, 27pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Campbell, M., McNair, H., Mackay, M. & Perkins, H. (2019). Disrupting the regional housing market: Airbnb in New Zealand, Regional Studies, Regional Science, 6:1, 139-142, DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2019.1588156

Cochrane, W., Grimes, A., McCann, P. & Poot, J. (2017). Spatial impacts of endogenously determined infrastructure investment. In: Shibusawa, H., Sakurai, K., Mizunoya, T., Uchida, S. (eds.), Socioeconomic Environmental Policies and Evaluations in Regional Science: Essays in Honor of Yoshiro Higano (pp. 227-247, Chapter 12). Singapore: Springer.

Dance, L., Mackay, M. & Perkins, H. (2018). Tourism-led settlement regeneration: Reaching Timaru’s potential. Lincoln Planning Review, 9, 1-2 (2018), pgs 9-19.

Davies, B. & Maré, D. (2019). Relatedness, complexity and local growth. Motu Working Paper 19-01. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Davies, B. & Maré, D. (2019). Relatedness, complexity and local growth: Executive Summary. Executive Summary of Motu Working Paper 19-01. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Fabling, R. & Grimes, A. (2016). Picking up speed: Does ultrafast broadband increase firm productivity?, Motu Working Paper (16-22). Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Fleming, D., Grimes, A., Lebreton, L., Maré, D. & Nunns, P. (2017). Valuing sunshine, Motu Working Paper (17-13), June 2017. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Gopinath, M. & Vallance, S. (2018). Waimakariri Way: Community Engagement in Kaiapoi Town Centre Plan. Lincoln Planning Review, 9, 1-2 (2018), pgs 3-8.

Grimes, A. (2017). City growth and infrastructure. In: Howden-Chapman P., L Early & J. Ombler (eds.) Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities (pp. 29-40). Wellington: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.

Grimes, A., Matlaba, V. & Poot, J. (2017). Spatial impacts of the creation of Brasília: A natural experiment, Environment and Planning A, 49, 4, 784-800.

Grimes, A., Preston, K., Maré, D., Badenhorst, S. & Donovan, S. (2019). The contrasting importance of quality of life and quality of business for domestic and international migrants. Motu Working Paper 19-06. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Grimes, A., Preston, K., Maré, D., Badenhorst, S. & Donovan, S. (2019). The contrasting importance of quality of life and quality of business for domestic and international migrants: Executive Summary. Executive Summary of Motu Working Paper 19-06. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Levy, D., Hills, R., Perkins, H. C., Mackay, M. & Campbell, M. (2018). How can local property entrepreneurs be enabled to contribute to the regeneration of regional settlements? The 24th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 21-24 January 2018. Page 70.

Mackay, M. & Perkins, H. C. (2017). DIY Dreams and the Potential of Home. Housing, Theory and Society, 1-17. DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2017.1408679.

Mackay, M. & Perkins, H. (2017). Supporting regional settlements, Build 160, June/July 2017, pp 66-67, BRANZ.

Mackay, M. & Perkins, H. C. (2017). The globalising world of DIY house improvement: interpreting a cultural and commercial phenomenon. Housing Studies, 32(6), 758-777.

Mackay, M. & Perkins, H. C. (2018). Analysing the architecture of agri-tourism. Working paper presented at CAUTHE 2018, Newcastle Business School, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 5-8 February 2018.

Mackay, M. & Perkins, H. C. (2019). Making space for community in super-productivist rural settings, Journal of Rural Studies, 68, (2019), 1-12, DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.03.012

Mackay, M., Taylor, N. & Perkins, H. (2018). Planning for regeneration in the town of Oamaru. Lincoln Planning Review, 9, 1-2 (2018), pgs 20-32.

Meade, R. & Grimes, A. (2017). Welfare costs of coordinated infrastructure investments: The case of competing transport modes. New Zealand Economic Papers, 51, 2, 109-121.

Perkins, H. C., Mackay, M., Levy, D., Campbell, M. & Hills, R. (2018). Putting peripheral places on the tourism map: a tale of three New Zealand towns. Working paper presented at CAUTHE 2018, Newcastle Business School, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 5-8 February 2018.

Preston, K., Maré, D.C., Grimes, A. & Donovan, S. (2018). Amenities and the attractiveness of New Zealand cities. Motu Working Paper (18-14). Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Rennie, H. (2018). Conference Report ANZAPS 2018 1-3 November 2018: Conference theme: “Decisions, decisions”. Lincoln Planning Review, 9, 1-2 (2018), pgs 52.

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