Publications

Rauika Māngai. (2020). A guide to Vision Mātauranga: Lessons from Māori voices in the New Zealand science sector. Collaborative report of the Rauika Māngai of the New Zealand National Science Challenges and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. June 2020, 80pgs.

Campbell, M., Taylor, N. & Mackay, M. (2020). Waitaki short and long-term rental. Working paper 20-08b for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions, 14pgs. Christchurch: AgResearch/BBHTC.

Donovan, S., Grimes, A. & Maré, D. (2020). Modelling urban development in New Zealand. Motu Working Paper 20-07 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions. July 2020, 36pgs. Wellington: Motu.

Grimes, A. Badenhorst, S., Maré, D., Poot, J. & Sin, I. (2020). Hometown & whānau, or big city & millennials? The economic geography of graduate destination choices in New Zealand. Motu Working Paper 20-04 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions. July 2020, 68pgs. Wellington: Motu.

Hills, R., Levy, D., Perkins, H., Mackay, M. & Campbell, M. (2020). Second-tier settlement regeneration and revitalisation: the role of the built environment. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions, 68pgs. Auckland: University of Auckland/BBHTC.

James, B. (2019). Home, Space and Place: A review of Māori and Indigenous literature contributing to dementia-friendly housing design. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Building Solutions Project. October 2019, 46 pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

James, B. (2020). The meaning of home and affordability: Housing trade-offs among seniors and among 20-40 year-olds. Working paper for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Affordable Housing for Generations: Component C, 38pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

James, B. & Saville-Smith, N. (2019). Building solutions to enable people with dementia to age in place: A literature review. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Building Solutions Project. August 2019, 66 pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

Maré, D. & Davies, B. (2020). Delineating functional labour market areas with estimable classification stabilities. Motu Working Paper 20-08 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions. September 2020, 24pgs. Wellington: Motu.

Taylor, N., Mackay, M. & Russell, K. (2020). Searching for community wellbeing: population, work and housing in the town of Oamaru. Working paper 20-08a for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions, 36pgs. Christchurch: AgResearch/BBHTC.

Wilson, J., Mackay, M., Perkins, H., Taylor, N. & Campbell, M. (2020). The attraction, integration, and retention of newcomers in regional settlements. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions, 33pgs. Christchurch: AgResearch/BBHTC.

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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.

Rauika Māngai. (2020). A guide to Vision Mātauranga: Lessons from Māori voices in the New Zealand science sector. Collaborative report of the Rauika Māngai of the New Zealand National Science Challenges and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. June 2020, 80pgs.

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.

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.

Cram, F. (2020). He mātou whare, he mātou kāinga hoki – a house that is a home for whānau Māori. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Revitalising the Production of Affordable Housing for Productive, Engaged and Healthy Lives. May 2020, 32 pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

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. (2020). Housing as the base for care and support: Older people’s housing experiences during Covid-19. Research Bulletin, 29 June 2020, for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Homes and Spaces for Generations: Affordable Housing for Generations, 6pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

James, B. (2020). The meaning of home and affordability: Housing trade-offs among seniors and among 20-40 year-olds. Working paper for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Affordable Housing for Generations: Component C, 38pgs. 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.

James, B. & Saville-Smith, N. (2019). Building solutions to enable people with dementia to age in place: A literature review. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Building Solutions Project. August 2019, 66 pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

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.

Rehm, M. & Yang, Y. (2020). Betting on house prices: Housing speculation in Auckland. Research Bulletin, 14 June 2020, for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities - Homes and Spaces for Generations: Affordable Housing for Generations, 4pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

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. & Mitchell, I. (2020). Essential workers’ bubbles: Crowding, housing affordability and tenure. Research Bulletin, 4 May 2020, for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Homes and Spaces for Generations: Affordable Housing for Generations, 7pgs. Wellington: BBHTC.

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

White, I. (2019).Rigour and rigour mortis? Planning, calculative rationality, and forces of stability and change. Urban Studies, First published online December 2019, https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098019886764.

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

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.

Hagen, P., Forman, R. & Ryan, L. (Eds.). (2018). Policy by Design - Exploring the intersection of design & policy in Aotearoa NZ: 7 case studies. 48pgs. Output from Policy by Design two-day symposium, May 2018. NOTE: This is not a BBHTC-funded output, but involves KTKR BBHTC researcher contributions in chapters on Te Aranga Principles and co-design.

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

Hoskins, R., Lee-Morgan, J., Know, W., Dennis, H., Henry, L., Nathan, L., Smiler R. & Ratana, M. (2019). Tūranga ki te marae, e tau ana - Reimagining marae-based kāinga in Tāmaki Makaurau. A resource to support urban marae-based housing developments, funded by Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, 80 pgs. Auckland: Ngā Wai a te Tūi Press

Henry, E., Menzies, D. & Paul, J. (2019). Urban Regeneration and Social Cohesion. Conference paper presented at State of Australian Cities Conference, December 2019, Perth.

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. (2018). 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

Alimi, O.B., Maré, D. & Poot, J. (2019). Modelling inter-urban migration in an open population setting: The case of New Zealand. In: Franklin R. (Ed), Population, Place, and Spatial Interaction. New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives (pp 201-223), vol 40. Singapore: Springer.

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

Campbell, M., Taylor, N. & Mackay, M. (2020). Waitaki short and long-term rental. Working paper 20-08b for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions, 14pgs. Christchurch: AgResearch/BBHTC.

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.

Donovan, S., Grimes, A. & Maré, D. (2020). Modelling urban development in New Zealand. Motu Working Paper 20-07 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions. July 2020, 36pgs. Wellington: Motu.

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. Badenhorst, S., Maré, D., Poot, J. & Sin, I. (2020). Hometown & whānau, or big city & millennials? The economic geography of graduate destination choices in New Zealand. Motu Working Paper 20-04 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions. July 2020, 68pgs. Wellington: Motu.

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.

Hills, R., Levy, D., Perkins, H., Mackay, M. & Campbell, M. (2020). Second-tier settlement regeneration and revitalisation: the role of the built environment. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions, 68pgs. Auckland: University of Auckland/BBHTC.

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. (2019). Assessing the impacts of a new cycle trail: A fieldnote. Impact Connector #8, December 2019, NZAIA.

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.

Maré, D. & Davies, B. (2020). Delineating functional labour market areas with estimable classification stabilities. Motu Working Paper 20-08 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Thriving Regions. September 2020, 24pgs. Wellington: Motu.

Maré, D. & Poot, J. (2019). Commuting to diversity. Motu Working Paper 19-20 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Thriving Regions. November 2019, 35pgs. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

Maré, D. & Poot, J. (2019). Commuting to diversity. New Zealand Population Review, 45, 125–159.

Maré, D. & Poot, J. (2019). Valuing cultural diversity of cities. Motu Working Paper 19-05 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Thriving Regions. October 2019, 50pgs. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

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.

Perkins, H. C., Mackay, M., Levy, D., Campbell, M., Taylor, N., Hills, R. & Johnston, K. (2019). Revealing regional regeneration projects in three small towns in Aotearoa—New Zealand. New Zealand Geographer, 75, 3, 140-151.

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