17 Feb 2026

Residents outraged by three-storey development

From Checkpoint, 4:43 pm on 17 February 2026

Residents of an affluent east Auckland suburb fear their quiet lifestyle will be shattered by a three-storey development in the middle of their neighbourhood. The controversial development in Farm Cove was consented shortly before Auckland's planning rules changed in October last year. One resident sought legal advice, maintaining the development should no longer be allowed, and says there's been mixed messages from Council about it going ahead. Felix Walton has more.