NZ Urban Development news from the media | 4 February 2025 | New $100m Pak’nSave Highland Park supermarket opens this month

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New $100m Pak’nSave Highland Park supermarket opens this month

New Zealand’s biggest new supermarket is the $100 million Highland Park Pak’nSave, which is opening later this month.

A spokesman for developer Foodstuffs North Island said the 6391sq m East Auckland store would open at 7.30am on Tuesday February 25.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/100m-paknsave-highland-park-opens-this-month/DIXNM3MBJRF7PLYSSIJB3KWZV4/


Pukekohe rail electrification completed

The completion of the Papakura to Pukekohe rail electrification project will provide commuters with more reliable and efficient journeys and help reduce congestion on our roads, Transport Minister Chris Bishop says.

“Auckland’s electrified commuter rail network currently stops at Papakura, with commuters further south from Pukekohe having to take a diesel train to Papakura and then change trains, with a sometimes long and frustrating wait,” Mr Bishop says.

“The further extension of electrification on the southern line to Pukekohe was first announced by then-Prime Minister Sir Bill English and Transport Minister Simon Bridges in 2017. Work began in 2022 and is now complete, along with a redeveloped station at Pukekohe. From tomorrow, passengers travelling from Pukekohe will enjoy direct, quieter, low-carbon journeys on AT’s modern electric trains.

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pukekohe-rail-electrification-completed


Palmerston North’s biggest social housing development opens

The opening of Palmerston North’s biggest social housing development will have a significant impact for whānau in need of safe, warm, dry housing, Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says.

The minister visited the development today at North Street where a total of 50 two, three, and four-bedroom homes plus a shared community space were officially opened.

“The Government is deeply committed to supporting accessibility to good safe housing across New Zealand,” Mr Potaka says.

“The whānau who will move into these homes, most of whom come from the Ministry of Social Development’s Housing Register, will now experience the security, safety and comfort of a stable home.

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/palmerston-north%E2%80%99s-biggest-social-housing-development-opens

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