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Database research record2022·New Zealand

Planning the urban foodscape: policy and regulation of urban agriculture in Aotearoa New Zealand

Hanna C., Wallace P.

Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 313–335

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Examining the four largest New Zealand cities, this paper reveals a significant policy vacuum for urban agriculture, with restrictive zoning, inadequate recognition of Māori food practices, and a failure to accommodate emerging urban food-growing forms, calling for targeted municipal policy reform.