‘I don't really sleep enough’: Chris Bishop is ‘frustrated’ at the pace of change

‘I don't really sleep enough’: Chris Bishop is ‘frustrated’ at the pace of change
Wearer of many ministerial hats, Chris Bishop, has his eye on the ball of housing market reform. (Image: NZME)
Oliver Lewis
Chris Bishop has had a busy few weeks.The new minister-for-everything (housing, transport, infrastructure, Resource Management Act (RMA) reform and associate for finance and sport and recreation) delivered a pair of barnstorming speeches in late February setting out his vision for bigger, better, productivity-enhancing cities and giving local authorities the funding and financing tools to help create them.“I make no apologies for being an urbanist,” Bishop declared last month at an event run by the Committee for Auckland, where he o...

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