Notes

Blue = developing employment areas (Highbrook and the Airport)

Yellow = residential and commercial intensification.

• Intensification of centres and corridors will also impact where businesses locate, both for supply of raw materials and labour, and as a market for products.
• As other technologies such as high speed broadband and unified telecommunications become more widely available, location may become less important for some types of industry (knowledge-based, resource “light” industries).
• However, in the longer term, resource constraints and other changes may lead to a resurgence of more localised activities, such as food production, or locally generated energy production.   E.g. If our ability to move bulky items becomes constrained by diminishing supply or high cost of fuels, the nature and location of our businesses could also change substantially.
• Manukau has and will continue to see a slowing of manufacturing growth.
• This fall in growth is likely to be offset by a rise in demand from logistics, wholesale trade and increased commercial activity.
• Competition for lower value industrial activity is originating from Hamilton and Tauranga and along the southern corridor.