More ambition needed to lift productivity, home-building, Twyford says

More ambition needed to lift productivity, home-building, Twyford says
Sophie Boot
By Gavin Evans Aug. 16 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand needs to be more ambitious if it is to improve the performance of its major centres and the contribution they make to the national economy, Housing and Development Minister Phil Twyford said today. Well-functioning cities are important to delivering thriving and resilient urban communities, he told delegates at an infrastructure conference in Auckland today. And getting them wrong becomes a drag on the economy that sucks resources away from productive investment. Auckland’s economic p...