Christopher Bishop
@cjsbishop
Dad to Jeremy and Matilda. MP for Hutt South. Minister for Housing, Infrastructure, RMA Reform, Transport, Associate Finance and Sport. Leader of the House.
More disgusting anti-Semitic graffiti. This is on NZTA land (the Petone overpass heading to Wellington) and I have instructed the agency to remove it immediately.
Nearly every public sector restructure follows the same script: – PSA slams proposed cuts, including vacant roles to boost the number – Media run with the PSA figure – The agency later clarifies far fewer filled jobs are actually going e.g. a net loss of 5 filled jobs at NZDF.
Three years ago inflation was 7.3 percent per annum.
Inflation has now hit a 12-month high. Christopher Luxon promised to make the cost of living better — but he's making it worse.
JUST ANNOUNCED: $6 billion worth of infrastructure projects are getting underway in the next few months, which will grow NZ’s economy and create thousands of jobs across the country.
#BREAKING: We’ve just announced we are starting work on $6 billion worth of projects, including new roads, hospitals, and schools – creating thousands of jobs across the country.
But… but… a NZ Herald columnist said they were ugly…
“Destroying the idea that the New Zealand economy should just be based on house price growth is a fundamental formula this government is trying to embed into the New Zealand psyche and also into the arteries of the economy.” interest.co.nz/economy/134218…
The growth of the planning industry has, sadly, stymied growth. Planning needs to stop micromanaging details that are best left to individuals, such as the size of apartments. Instead, planning should focus on supplying public infrastructure and services that enable growth.
The number of urban and regional planners in 🇳🇿 has grown a lot too - up almost 300% since 2001.
Because people value 100s of new student accommodation units in a city with grossly unaffordable housing over the ‘value’ of an eyesore unsafe building that has been left to rot for a decade in central Wellington bc heritage restrictions make it uneconomic to do anything with it
Why is the disdain for the Gordon Wilson Flats overriding values people would normally cherish? newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/11/an-…
In New York this week for meetings on congestion pricing and urban policy. This morning it was a pleasure to talk to Kiwis doing great things in the city at the regular ‘Flat White’ Kiwi catch up at @roddandgunn. Thanks for having me!
Two years to get consent to build cool looking homes. RMA reform can’t come soon enough!!
How does a society go from watching Jews being slaughtered at a music festival to chanting for Jews to be slaughtered at a music festival? That’s exactly what happened at Glastonbury.
Great to be in the Hutt this morning with Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and local MP Chris Bishop to break ground on the new Sir Mark Dunajtschik Mental Health Centre – a major investment in the future of mental health care.
Construction is now underway on the Sir Mark Dunajtschik Mental Health Centre in the Hutt – a brand new, purpose-built facility that will deliver 34 acute mental health beds to put patients first. beehive.govt.nz/release/new-me…
New photos from CRL of the platforms and concourse levels of Te Waihorotiu Station.
Further news on upzoning for Auckland. The law will soon require Auck Council to allow buildings of at least 15 storeys high around the stations of Mount Eden, Kingsland, and Morningside. It will also require buildings of at least 10 storeys high around Mt Albert and Baldwin Ave