PremiumOpinionOpinion byHelen ClarkNZ Herald·1 Jul, 2026 05:00 PM4 mins to readHelen Clark served three successive terms as Prime Minister of New Zealand between 1999 and 2008. She was also the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme for two terms from 2009 to 2017.Helen Clark has questioned several details in Auckland's Plan Change 120 for housing intensification. Photo / Paul Taylor Along with more than 20,000 other Aucklanders, I live in what is known as a character home, a house which has been identified for a long time as one of a number of special heritage properties.
These homes are generally built of kauri and are only found in New
