Kiwi Talkz #38 - Prof. Iain White Interview (Environmental Planning, Auckland, Hazards, Housing, Insurance, Mt Taranaki Erupting etc.)
Professor Iain White is a lecturer at the University Of Waikato who specializes in Environmental Planning
SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter - @Iain White
TIMESTAMPS
00:19 - Prof. Iain White Being Busy
00:57 - What Is Environmental Planning And How It Works
04:10 - NZ Suffers From Poor Planning Years Ago
05:12 - Spacial Planning/Problems With Auckland
06:13 - How Data Is Collected For “Most Liveable Cities” Survey
08:41 - Speaking To Local & Central Government
09:15 - How To Get Funding To Collect Evidence/Map Of NZ Flooding Model
12:15 - Science Not Influencing Policies
13:24 - Mt Taranaki Is Due To Erupt Soon
14:15 - Problems Of Wellington/Relocating Some Government Work Out Of Wellington
15:56 - NZ Has A Weird Economy/Housing
17:15 - Fallout Of Mt Taranaki’s Eruption/Risk Maps
19:45 - Cascading Impacts/Loss Of Business Confidence
21:28 - Pros And Cons Of Christchurch Earthquake
22:10 - Problem With Hauraki Plains/Vulnerable Land
25:15 - What Insurance Actually Is/NZ Most Hazardous Country In The World
28:42 - Why Iain Moved From The UK to NZ
31:00- The Halo Effect Of Auckland/Problems With Auckland
33:36 - Iain Settled In Hamilton Because Of Ease Of Commuting
34:17 - People Moving To Hamilton Are Helping The City Economically
34:39 - People Moving To Tauranga Are Hindering Growth/Hamiltons CBD Problems
36:29 - Government Doesn’t Plan 50 Years Into The Future For Infrastructure
38:22 - NZ’s Global Debt Is Tiny Compared To Other Countries
39:00 - Why We Have A Housing Crisis
41:32 - Mediating The Housing Crisis/Land Value
45:02 - Types Of House Development
45:52 - We Have Enough Homes But They Aren’t In The Right Place
46:35 - Providing People The Ability To Work In Auckland But Not Live There
48:15 - Roads Decrease Land Value/Rail Increases Land Value
49:56 - Concentration Of Work Industries Can Be Detrimental Sometimes
51:05 - Hamilton Needs To Become A Logistics Hub
51:50 - Attracting Industry Is A Dated Concept Should Attract People Instead
54:30 - Waikato Region/Amalgamation
55:45 - Auckland Are Great At Getting Central Government Money But Waikato Isn’t
57:53 - National Infrastructure Plan
59:04 - Safe Cycle Network/Hamilton Will Start Getting More Congestion Soon
1:00:50 - Align A Budget To What You Want A City To Be
1:01:30 - Political People Don’t Want To Take Risks
1:03:07 - Youth Not Voting/Louise Hutt/Visionary Mayor
1:05:22 - Iain Isn’t Interested In Getting into Politics
1:06:22 - Problems Of Committee’s
1:08:10 - University Of Waikato Has Areas That Are World Class/Bruce Clarkson
1:10:13 - Fake News/Facebook Largest Disinformation Platform In History
1:12:45 - Industries Funded By Dark Money/Alternative Facts
1:14:20 - Students Questioning Him/Collaborating/Data Rich Information Poor
1:16:24 - Lectures Outside Of Work Hours
1:16:58 - Professor Michael Mann Lecture Event