The article doesn't say anything is fixed, which is always going to be subjective. It says rental prices are growing slower than other NZ cities, and prices in some areas has dropped. It theorizes that this is because of the changes to zoning laws.

> It says rental prices are growing slower than other NZ cities, and prices in some areas has dropped

I would say rental prices most likely have dropped due to the property bubble in Auckland bursting. The bubble was bigger than almost everywhere else, so I could expect rents to drop accordingly.

I really do wish this was not the case, I would love for the problem to be fixed.

Author here, I think that comparing Auckland to other cities is a relevant metric because the property bubble was nationwide but the zoning reform was Auckland only

Hi author, I really have to ask what research you did into the current state of rents / house prices in NZ, because your conclusions don't correlate with the current reality, at all.

Rents are going up slower in Auckland now doesn't mean much, because they already spiked through the roof in far excess of every other region five years ago.

The title is out and out misleading, because Auckland is still the most expensive city to live in (Queenstown isn't a city), and if the best that can be claimed is that rents went up a bit slower than other cities, but the increase began from an already far higher level of rent prices, then has Auckland actually solved the cost of housing?

Any New Zealander can answer that in two to three words. Either, "lol, no", or "lol, fuck no"

Technically, lol is not a word, but an abbreviation for Laughed Out Loud, so "lol, no" would be 4 words, not 2.

Unless by lol, you meant "League of Legends", which would make "lol, fuck no" 5 words, not 3.

Technically, you're correct. The most socially isolating form of being correct.

It's literally in the title. You don't even have to RTFA... it's at the top of this page.

And of course a title is always an accurate summary of what the article is about, "clickbait" is just a made up word anyway...

Whoops, yeah. I'd read the article and ignored the title. Possibly a good habit rather than bad!