Planning For Community Care Facilities In New Zealand

This paper considers the planning context for the siting of community care homes in New Zealand. The objective of our analysis is to clarify the sociocultural context for local planning bodies concerning the siting of community care homes, and thus provide a better understanding of the implications of the Resource Management Act 1991 for addressing locational conflict. The paper also discusses planning issues that arise from New Zealand's increasingly complex social make up (particularly its biculturalism) which may increase the potential for conflicts in siting community care facilities.