I was recently invited to talk to the councillors at Dunedin City Council on how to encourage regional growth. 

I believe that the answer is to increase population and investment, both private and public. 

The key is to make the place more attractive to people and encourage mixed use, high density areas near city centres. 

An overview of my discussion and its context was captured by the Otago Daily TImes, which you can read here.  Also, you can view my powerpoint presentation here.