BEFORE THE AUCKLAND UNITARY PLAN INDEPENDENT HEARINGS PANEL

IN THE MATTER

of the Resource Management

Act 1991
Government

and

the

Local

(Auckland

Transitional Provisions) Act 2010

AND
IN THE MATTER

of Topic 061 Retirement and

Affordability

STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF DR LAURENCE MURPHY ON BEHALF OF AUCKLAND

COUNCIL - AUCKLAND WIDE OBJECTIVE, POLICIES AND RULES: AFFORDABLE
HOUSING
12 JUNE 2015

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INDEX

Section

Page

Summary

Introduction

Code of Conduct

Scope

Increased housing output and House Prices

Developer Behaviour

Modelling Housing Supply and Housing Affordability

Interventions to Produce affordable housing

Conclusion

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1.

SUMMARY

1.1.

My evidence addresses issues relating to the role of housing supply and its impacts on
housing affordability.

1.2.

Drawing on international studies I examine the relationship between housing supply and
house prices and housing affordability. I consider that:
(a)

Recent international experience demonstrates that a large and sustained

increase in housing supply can be associated with substantial house price
increases. Thus policies that focus solely on increased housing supply may not
produce affordable housing.

(b)

Even under conditions of rapid house price appreciation and a plentiful supply of
zoned land, developer behaviour may reduce, or delay, the supply of housing in
order to secure development profits.

1.3.

Econometric models employed by the English and Scottish governments indicate that a
sustained high volume increase in housing supply has only modest impacts on housing
affordability in the medium to long term.

1.4.

Policies aimed at the production of affordable housing have the capacity to secure
affordable housing outputs.

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2.

INTRODUCTION

2.1

My name is Dr Laurence Murphy and I am a Professor in Property in the University of

Auckland Business Schools Department of Property. I have held this position since 2008
and was previously an Associate Professor (2003-2007) in the same department. I am
currently a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the
Royal Geographical Society.

2.2

Prior to my appointment in the Department of Property I held lecturing positions in

departments of Geography at the University of Auckland (1992-2003), The London
School of Economics (1990-91) and the Queens University of Belfast (1989-1990). As of
1 July 2015 I will be the Professor in Human Geography in the School of Environment at
the University of Auckland.

2.3

In 2014 I was the Helen Cam Visiting Fellow at Girton College, University of Cambridge
(UK). While based at the University of Cambridge I presented my research on housing
issues in the Department of Land Economy and engaged with researchers at the
Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning.

2.4

In 2009 I was a visiting Professor based at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at
Trinity College Dublin.

2.5

My research addresses a range of housing and urban issues and I have authored/coauthored over sixty journal articles, book chapters and commissioned reports. I have
published on a variety of housing issues in leading international academic journals
including: Housing Studies, Urban Studies, Environment and Planning A, Environment
and Planning C: Government and Policy, Regional Studies, the International Journal of
Urban and Regional Research, Housing and the Built Environment.

2.6

I have consulted on affordable housing issues and in 2013 I co-authored, with Dr Michael
Rehm, two research reports on this topic for the Auckland Council (Council). These
reports sought to understand the viability of mandatory affordable housing requirements
for large-scale

greenfield

residential developments

and

similar, but voluntary,

requirements for brownfield developments within Auckland.

2.7

The full details of my academic and professional background are included in the
curriculum vitae attached to this evidence as Attachment A.

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3.

CODE OF CONDUCT

3.1.

I confirm that I have read the Code of Conduct for Expert Witness contained in the
Environment Court Practice Note and that I agree to comply with it. I confirm that I have
considered all the material facts that I am aware of that might alter or detract from the
opinions that I express, and that this evidence is within my area of expertise, except
where I state that I am relying on the evidence of another person.

4.

SCOPE

4.1.

I have been asked by the Council to give evidence in relation to the effect of increased
housing supply on house prices and housing affordability. My evidence addresses the
following matters:
(a)

Increased housing output and house prices;

(b)

Developer behaviour;

(c)

Modelling housing supply and housing affordability; and

(d)

Interventions to produce affordable housing.

5.

INCREASED HOUSING OUTPUT AND HOUSE PRICES

5.1.

Prior to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) several countries experienced considerable
house price inflation in conjunction with sustained increases in housing output.

5.2.

Focusing on Ireland, from the mid-1990s to 2006 average new house prices increased by
323 per cent and second-hand houses by 455 per cent.

In Dublin, the largest

metropolitan centre, new house prices increased by 425 per cent and second-hand
house prices increased by 553 per cent.1
5.3.

As the figure below indicates,2 the rapid increases in house prices in Ireland were
associated with an historically unprecedented production of new housing.

1
2

Stevenson, S., & Young, J. (2014). A Multiple Error-Correction Model of Housing Supply. Housing
Studies, 29(3), 362-379.
Ibid.

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5.4.

The substantial and sustained increase in new housing production in Ireland, from 20,000
units per annum in the early 1990s to 89,000 units in 2006 resulted in an additional
553,267 units being added to the dwelling stock between 1996 and 2005.3 Yet, this
unparalleled increase in housing production was not sufficient to reduce house prices.

5.5.

To facilitate this massive increase in housing production, the Irish banking system
became increasingly exposed to construction and property development debt.4

Within

the banking sector property lending rose to 60% of bank assets by early 2008.5
Consequently, the Irish banking system became vulnerable to a property downturn.6 .
5.6.

The decline in house prices in Ireland post 2008 is directly related to the GFC, a banking
crisis and a sovereign debt crisis.

The Irish property boom-bust cycle resulted in a

significant decline in house prices but at considerable economic and social costs. These
costs included widespread negative equity, increased mortgage arrears and the rise of
ghost estates (unfinished developments in low housing demand areas).7

3
4
5

6
7

Kitchin, R. Callaghan, C. Boyle, M and Gleeson, J. (2012) Placing Neoliberalism: the rise and fall of
Irelands Celtic Tiger, Environment and Planning A, 44, pp1302-1326.
Murphy, L. and McGuirk, P (2013) Super-rich Irish property developers and the Celtic Tiger Economy.
In Hay, I. (Ed) Geographies of the Super-Rich, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (UK),pp77-93.
Honohan, P. (2010), The Irish banking crisis: regulatory and financial stability policy 2003 -2008. Irish
Central Bank,
www.bankinginquiry.gov.ie/The%20Irish%20Banking%20Crisis%20Regulatory%20and%20Financial%2
0Stability%20Policy%202003- 2008.pdf, accessed 12 April 2012.
Regling, K. and M. Watson (2010), A Preliminary Report on The Sources of Irelands Banking Crisis,
Dublin: Government Publications.
Kitchin, et al. 2012.

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5.7.

The Irish experience illustrates that relying on increased housing production does not
ensure housing affordability. In addition, it highlights the inherent risks for an economy
that relies on housing production as a key economic activity.

6.

DEVELOPER BEHAVIOUR

6.1.

The organisational characteristics of developers in conjunction with their profit

maximising strategies condition housing supply responses to price increases.

6.2.

Even if zoned land for residential development was in abundance, developers will only
proceed with production under certain conditions. In particular, price growth expectations
have a significant bearing on developer perceptions of expected profitability8 and risk.9

6.3.

A leading UK researcher commenting on the literature on land development under

conditions where planning is not a binding constraint argues: 10
that it would not be realistic to expect either (a) that all land would be developed
quickly if freed from planning constraint, or (b) that the supply of housing would
be infinitely elastic in this situation.

6.4.

An international study of housing supply elasticities, drawing on evidence from the USA,
Britain and Australia found that housing supply is more responsive to the change in
house prices than their level.11 This suggests that expectations around future house
price inflation, rather than house prices per se, are a key feature in developer decision
making and thus rising house prices are an important driver of supply.

6.5.

This study also found that supply elasticities are greater for large firms than for small
firms.12 Given the character of the New Zealand building sector, with its predominance
of smaller developers,13 this finding suggests that the New Zealand residential
development sector is less responsive to price increases.

6.6.

Moreover, under conditions of rapid price increases when house prices are increasing at
a faster rate than inflation, it has been argued that developers might delay production in

8
9
10
11
12
13

Stevenson, S., & Young, J. (2007). Forecasting housing supply: Empirical evidence from the Irish
Market. European Journal of Housing Policy, 7(1), 1-17.
Bramley, G. (2013). Housing market models and planning. Town planning review, 84(1), 9-35.
Ibid at page 15.
Ball, M., Meen, G., & Nygaard, C. (2010). Housing supply price elasticities revisited: Evidence from
international, national, local and company data. Journal of Housing Economics, 19(4), 255-268.
Ibid.
New Zealand Productivity Commission (2012a) Housing affordability inquiry, (Wellington, New Zealand

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order to secure higher profits arising from house price appreciation.14 In the early stages
of the Irish housing boom, Stevenson and Young (2014) argue that developer behaviour
under conditions of rapid price appreciations favoured a slow release of new production
as a mechanism for maximising profits and sustaining house prices.15
6.7.

In combination this evidence indicates that even in situations where a plentiful supply of
zoned land is available, development processes will not necessarily produce affordable
housing.

7.

MODELLING HOUSING SUPPLY AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

7.1.

In response to changes in planning practices in the UK a set of econometric models have

been developed to examine the relationship between housing supply and housing
affordability.16

7.2.

In England the government commissioned the CLC-Reading Housing Affordability model

as a policy tool to advise planning authorities on housing targets.17 The model is used
to make 25 year forward forecasts and its key output variable is housing affordability
(defined as the ratio of lower quartile house prices to lower quartile earnings).

7.3.

Under a high supply scenario, of approximately 290,000 houses per annum, the model
indicates that between 2010 and 2016 the impact on affordability will be only 1.5 per cent
and by 2031 the impact will only 9.1 per cent. Moreover, the model indicates that even
under a high production scenario the affordability ratio will continue to rise.18 In effect,
the benefit of high volume housing output would be to simply moderate the rate of
worsening housing affordability.

7.4.

Significantly, this model indicates that the affordability benefits of greater supply are
rather modest and very long term.19

7.5.

In a recent review of housing supply and affordability issues the economist Geoff Meen
(co-author of the GLC-Reading Housing Affordability model) argues:20

14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Speigel (2001) Housing returns and construction cycles, cited in Stevenson, S., & Young, J. (2014).
Stevenson and Young (2014).
Bramley, G. (2013). Housing market models and planning. Town planning review, 84(1), 9-35.
Ibid at page 11.
Ibid.
Ibid at page 30.
Meen, G. (2015) Housing Future Generations: Issues for Current Policy in a Long-Run Context, Keynote
address to the Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, Hobart, February (unpublished- copy of
presentation available from the author).

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(a)

There is little evidence that housing supply can improve housing affordability on a
long-run basis;

(b)

To improve housing affordability the increases in housing supply would need to

be large and permanent, even during periods of full employment; and

(c)

Given that the building sector is characterised by low productivity, the required
level of housing output would represent a significant resource cost to the
economy as a whole.21

7.6.

In reflecting on these issues Meen offers the opinion that the levels of supply required to
reduce housing affordability issues will not happen.22

7.7.

Given that the income elasticity of demand23 for housing is high, current econometric
models of housing supply and affordability strongly indicate that high and sustained
housing production will have only a limited impact on housing affordability in the long run.

7.8.

Relying on an increase in the supply of housing to produce affordable housing, especially

in markets that have experienced high rates of house price increases, is not sufficient to
ensure the provision of affordable housing.

8.

INTERVENTIONS TO PRODUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

8.1.

Central and local governments in leading industrialised economies, including the USA,
England, France and Ireland, have pursued housing policies that have focused on the
production of retained affordable housing units.

8.2.

Retained affordable housing units have been incorporated in inclusionary zoning policies
(adopted in the USA, England and Ireland) and low-income housing tax credit schemes in
the USA and France.

8.3.

In England inclusionary zoning or Section 106 housing accounted for 66% (27,838
houses) of affordable housing provision in 2006.24 This form of housing provision, which

21
22
23
24

Ibid.
Ibid.
Bramley, G. (2013). Housing market models and planning. Town planning review, 84(1), 9-35.
Morrison, N. and Burgess, G. (2014) Inclusionary housing in England: the impact of the downturn on the
delivery of affordable housing through Section 106, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 29,
pp423-438,

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represents a planning obligation, works best in markets that are experiencing rapid house
price inflation and where developers are keen to develop new properties. In England,
high house price areas, such as London and the south east of England, accounted for the
bulk of Section 106 developments.25 This suggests that under conditions of high demand
inclusionary zoning is not a barrier to development. Moreover, even during a market
downturn, such as occurred in England following the GFC, careful renegotiation of
Section 106 agreements has meant that inclusionary housing remains an important policy
tool in securing affordable housing in England.26
8.4.

The implementation of Section 106 housing involves development feasibility modelling.

The inclusion of affordable housing within a private development alters the nature of the
development feasibility equation. While altering the developer's gross development value
(GDV) the nature of this type of planning obligation reduces the developers residual
valuation (RV) of the land and, as long as the RV exceeds the existing use value or
alternative use value of the site, will bring forth development. In effect, the landowner's
windfall gains from rezoning of land is reduced. The following diagram illustrates the
development feasibility logic underpinning inclusionary housing.27

25
26
27

Ibid.
Ibid.
Golland, A. (2010) South Bucks Development Economics Study Update,
(http://www.southbucks.gov.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2010/d/development_
economics_study_three_dragons_updated_2010.pdf).

Three

Dragons

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8.5.

While the Hearings Panel has indicated that there is a concern that an affordable housing
requirement might stop housing development, the international experience indicates that,
with sensitive appreciation of development feasibility issues, inclusionary housing is not a
barrier to development.

8.6.

In a recent report on global housing affordability issues, published by the McKinsey

Global Institute, the authors argue Indeed, with well-calibrated inclusionary zoning rules
and negotiations with builders, land can be made available at virtually any cost that is
needed to make housing affordable.28

9.
9.1.

CONCLUSION
Drawing on international research I conclude that increased housing production is a
necessary but not sufficient condition for the production of affordable housing.

9.2.

In housing development, in contrast to general commodity production, rapid price

appreciation offers the option for developers to delay the release of new projects thus
maximising the price they can get for their houses and giving them the potential to
access the rising value of the site. This opportunity for enhanced profit has the potential
to offset the forgone gains to be had from developing immediately.29 I conclude that
developer behaviour can lead to supply constraints even in a house price boom. In
combination, developer behaviour and the organisational character of the industry act to
make housing supply less responsive to price signals.

9.3.

Econometric modelling of housing supply and housing affordability indicates that relying
on an increase in the supply of housing to produce affordable housing, especially in
markets that have experienced high rates of house price increases, is not sufficient to
ensure the provision of affordable housing.

9.4.

The international experience indicates that, with sensitive appreciation of development

feasibility issues, inclusionary housing is not a barrier to development.

In England,

inclusionary housing made a significant contribution to the supply of affordable housing

during the post-2000 housing boom and even in a housing downtown, with appropriate
local authority and developer negotiations, inclusionary housing continued to be a key
source for affordable housing.30

28
29
30

Woetzel, J., Ram, S., Garemo, N. and Sanke,S. (2014) A Blueprint for Addressing the Global Affordable
Housing Challenge, McKinsey Global Institute.
Stevenson and Young (2014).
Morrison, N. and Burgess, G. (2014).

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Laurence Murphy
12 June 2015

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ATTACHMENT 1
NAME:

Laurence Murphy

CURRENT POSITION: Professor

DEPARTMENT:

Department of Property, University of Auckland, New Zealand

FACULTY:

Business and Economics

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
1981-85

University of Dublin, Trinity College, BA (Mod) Geography and Economics (conjoint

honours)
University of Dublin, Trinity College, PhD Urban Economic Geography

1991

PhD Thesis: Private Housing Finance and Low Income Owner Occupation in Dublin, 1960-1988.
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
2003-2007

Associate Professor, Department of Property, University of Auckland

1998- 2003

Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Auckland

1992- 1997

Lecturer in Geography, University of Auckland

1990-1991

Lecturer in Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science

(LSE- University of

London)
1989-1990

Lecturer in Geography, Queens University of Belfast, Northern Ireland

1988

Visiting Teaching Fellow, University of Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia

1987-1988

Part-time Lecturer in Geography, Trinity College, Dublin

SIGNIFICANT DISTINCTIONS / AWARDS:

2014

Appointed the Helen Cam Visiting Fellow, Girton College, University of Cambridge
(UK) (October-December)

2013

Named Researcher- Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, Health and

Society Research Fund. Project Title: Finding the Best Fit: Housing Downsizing and Older
People in a Changing Society (Main Contractor CRESA: Total Funding- $1,625,156)

2011

One of two New Zealand delegates invited by the Ministry of Research Science and
Technology to attend an OECD Global Science Forum (GSF) Workshop on
'Developing Effective Models of Urban Environments to Address the Challenges of
Sustainability and Climate Change' (Melbourne, Australia).

2010

Appointed Acting Director- Transforming Auckland: Institutional, technological and

cultural innovations for sustainable cities. One of 3 Thematic Research Initiatives
announced by the University of Auckland (Total funding $1.4 million)
Appointed Fellow Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)
Appointed Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)

2009

Appointed Visiting Professor, Trinity College Dublin

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2008

Appointed Sector Expert on Housing New Zealand (HNZC) project entitled Future
Scenarios for Social Housing in New Zealand

2004

Named Associate Investigator: Building Research Capacity in the Social Sciences

(BRCSS) Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) Funded, Multi-institutional project - NZ$8
million funding over 5 years.

2004

Invited Plenary Speaker: Joint New Zealand Property Institute and the Australian
Property Institute Conference (Queenstown)
Topic: Urban renewal- the Myth and Reality: Reflections on the International Experience.

2001

Appointed to Housing New Zealand Corporations Housing Research Reference

Group responsible for advising the Government on the establishment of the Centre
for Housing Research Aotearoa New Zealand (CHRANZ).

199902

Principal Investigator Royal Society New Zealand Marsden Fund (NZ$302,000)

1996

Invited International Speaker - Research School of Social Sciences, ANU, Canberra

Australia, Discussion Forum hosted by the Urban Research Program on the topic The End
of Public Housing?

1996

Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Auckland (Science Faculty)

(Extra)Ordinary Auckland: Exploring local meanings and understandings of

globalisation

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / SERVICE / OTHER ACTIVITIES:

Professional Societies
2010-

Eminent Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)

2010-

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)

2010

Member of the New Zealand Geographical Society

2004-

Member of the Pacific-Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES)

2004-

Member of the European Real Estate Society (ERES)

1992-04 Member of the New Zealand Geographical Society

1995

Chair and Secretary, Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Geographical Society

1994

Secretary, Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Geographical Society

1994

Committee Member and Exhibition Organiser for Geography Awareness Week

(co-ordinated Exhibition in Maritime Museum that over 1,000 school students attended)

1993

Committee Member Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Geographical Society

SERVICE
International Conference Organisation
Australasian Housing Researchers Conference 2010 - Member of Steering Committee, Chaired
six sessions, reviewed 21 abstracts.
Editorial Board Membership
International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis (appointed 2007)
Pacific Rim Property Research Journal (appointed 2008)
Academic Referee
Journals
Antipode

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Area (Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British Geographers)
Australian Geographical Studies
Canadian Geographer
Growth and Change
Environment and Planning C
Housing Studies
Health and Place
International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Journal of Rural Studies
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Land Use Policy
New Zealand Geographer
New Zealand Sociology
Urban Policy and Research
Pacific Rim Property Research Journal
Political Geography
Conferences: Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference,
World Valuation Congress
Research Agencies
Australian Research Council: Large Grants
Health Research Council (New Zealand)
Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund
1999

University and Faculty Responsibilities

2010-

Member of the University Discipline Committee

2009-2010

Member of the University Administrative Review Committee

2004-

Member of Senate, University of Auckland

Member of Postgraduate and Research Committee, Faculty of Business and Economics
Member of the PhD Committee, Faculty of Business and Economics

2004-2009

Member of Board of Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics

2004-2009

Member of HoDs Forum, Faculty of Business and Economics

2003

Member of Staffing Committee, Faculty of Architecture, Property, Planning and Fine Arts

2003

Member of University Postgraduate and Scholarships Committee

2003

Deputy Chair, Postgraduate Committee, Faculty of Science

2002-03

Member Postgraduate Committee, Faculty of Science

2002

Member Faculty of Science, Implementation Committee for the establishment of the

School of Geography and Environmental Science

2001- 2003 Member of Board of Graduate Studies Faculty of Arts

1998-2000

Faculty of Science EO/EEdO Committee member

1996-1998

Member of Faculty of Arts Committee

1996-1998

Faculty of Arts Enrolling (a Temporary Assistant Dean)

2000

Departmental Responsibilities

2010-

Deputy Head of Department, Department of Property

2003- 2009

Head of Department, Department of Property

2004-

Postgraduate Advisor, Department of Property (since 2008 focus Research

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Degrees)
2003

Acting Director School of Geography and Environmental Science (SGES)

2003

Chair SGES Subcommittee for development of Masters in Environmental

Management

2002-03

Member SGES Steering Committee

2002-03

Associate Director- Postgraduate, School of Geography and Environmental

Science

2001-02

Graduate Advisor in Geography

1999-

Departmental Equal Opportunity Officer (November 1999- July 2000)

1999

Acting Head of Department (ad-hoc basis)

1999

Departmental Representative, Management Committee, Institute of Aquatic and

Atmospheric Science (IAAS), Faculty of Science

1998-2000

Convenor Human Geography Cluster (responsible for curriculum issues)

1998-

Academic Quality Coordinator

1998

Member of Departmental Staff Advisory Committee

1997-2002

Course Coordinator Geog.302 Regions, Industries and Enterprises

1997 & 1998

Course Coordinator Core Masters paper Theory and Practice of Geography

1996- 2003

Director of the Regional Research Unit (based in the Department of Geography)

1994-95

Member of Graduate Committee.

1993-95

Departmental Seminar Organiser

1993-95

Course Coordinator for Geography.204, Geography 302 and Geography 727

1992

Library Liaison Officer

TEACHING:
Courses Taught
Department of Property 2008Prop261
Property Economics (Coordinator and sole lecturer)
Prop380
Property Issues and Trends (Co-coordinator and lecturer)
Prop755
International Property Markets (Co-coordinator and Member of Lecture
Team)
Prop763
Urban Economic Analysis (Coordinator and sole lecturer)
Department of Property 2003-2007
Prop261
Property Economics (Coordinator and sole lecturer)
Prop763
Seminar in Property Economics (Coordinator and sole lecturer) Postgraduate
Course
School of Geography and Environmental Science 2006-08
Geog 104 G
Cities and Urbanism (part of lecturing team)
School of Geography and Environmental Science 1992-2003
Undergraduate -at various times:
Geog102
Geography of the Human Environment (member of lecturing team)
Geog204
Geographic Data Analysis (Course Coordinator & lecturer)
Geog302
Regions, Industries and Enterprises (Course Coordinator & Lecturer)

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Geog315
Geog305
2001 Graduate
Geog727
Geog701
Geog711

Research Design and Methods in Human Geography (Lecturer)

Population, Health and Society (Lecturer)
Geography of the Built Environment (Coordinator and sole lecturer)
Theory and Practice of Geography (Coordinator for 2 years and lecturer)
Economy and Society (member of lecturing team)

Research Students
PhD Students
2012

Nanayakkara, Hiniduma Topic: Main issues and challenges confronted by corporate

tenants when moving towards flexible workplace (Co-supervisor with Assoc Prof
Deborah Levy)

2012

Gabe, Jeremy Topic: Improving environmental performance in the property sector: the
role of self-regulatory institutions (Co-supervisor with Dr Michael Rehm) (PhD Awarded)

2012-

Liang, Jian Topic: The impact of Global Financial Crises (GFC) on New Zealand Real
Estate Investment Trusts (NZ-REITS) (Co-supervisor with Dr Zhi Dong)

2009-2012 Hasniyati Hamzah Topic: Low Cost housing in Malaysia (With Assoc Prof Deborah Levy)
(PhD Awarded)
2004- 09

Dulani Halvitigala Topic: Commercial Real Estate Leasing Contracts and their Efficiency:
Gross Leases Vs Net Leases. (Co-supervisor with Assoc Prof Deborah Levy) PhD
Awarded

2003-05

Si-Yeoul (Paul) Mun Topic: Contagion and the Real Estate Markets of the Pacific Rim
Countries. (With Professor R.J. Bowman Department of Finance) PhD Awarded

2003-2007 Steffen Wetzstein. Topic: Conceptualising the Spatial Knowledge Economy: Aucklands
Competitiveness and Processes of Knowledge Production, Innovation and Learning (with
Prof. Richard Le Heron) PhD Awarded
2002- 05

Susan Owen. Topic: The Place of the Voluntary Sector in Contemporary Health
Provision, (with Prof. Kearns). PhD Awarded

1999-02

Matthew Henry. Topic: The Disciplining Spectacle: Power, Performance and Place in
Twentieth-Century Auckland (with Prof. Kearns) PhD Awarded

1995-98

Jennie Billot. Topic: Women's agency in the North Shore and Waitakere cities of
Auckland (with Prof. Le Heron and Prof. Kearns) PhD Awarded

Masters Students
2013-

Ratnesh Sharma (MProp) Migrant Fijian Housing Experiences in Auckland (sole supervisor)

2011-12 Il Cho (MProp) The Housing Experiences of Korean Households in Auckland (sole
supervisor)
2004

Scott Aitken, (MSc) Entrepreneurial Governance, Planning and the Creation of Place: The
case of Britomart Transportation Centre (sole supervisor)

2001

Shmaya Berkowitz, (MA) The Jewish Identity of the Auckland Hebrew Community (sole
supervisor)

2001

Regan Solomon, (MSc) Emerging housing landscapes: Exploring key roles in the provision
of consolidated housing in Auckland (sole supervisor)

2000

Jilliane Anderson (MA) Topic: Elderly People and the Experience of Retirement

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2000

Enid Bryner, (MA) Topic: New Urbanist Planning Theory: A Study of New Housing
Developments in New Lynn (sole supervisor)

1999

Clementina Supru (MA) Topic: Space and Place in the Museum: The Auckland Museum Te
Papa Whakahiku (sole supervisor)

1999

Vicki OConnor (MA) Topic: Landscapes of Cultural Production and Consumption: A study of
the creation and lived experience of a privatopia in the city of Auckland - Broadway Park
(sole supervisor)

1999

Malcolm Neal (MA) Topic: The Cultural Landscape of The Road in New Zealand (Cosupervisor)

1997

Deborah Edwards (MA) Topic: Tourism and Culture: An examination of the Maori Tourist
Product in Rotorua (sole supervisor)

1995

Linda Carter (MA) Topic: Auckland, Tales of the City: A Study of Urban Entrepreneurialism.
(Main Supervisor)

1995
Melanie Wall (MA) Topic: Being Maori is... Media Constructions of the Maori Race as the
Black Other. (Co-Supervisor)
1994

Zoltan Moricz (MA) Topic: Shaping the Built Environment: The Creation of Office Space in
Auckland City, 1975-1990 (Main supervisor)

1994

Penelope McConnell (MA) Topic: Central City Housing Developments in Auckland: A

research study of developments 1991-1994 (Main Supervisor)

Honours Dissertations
2013

Koyal Bajpai, Social Rented Housing Reform in New Zealand (sole supervisor)

2009

Jessica Cossio, Evidence of Super-gentrification in Ponsonby, Auckland, (sole supervisor).

2003

Lyle Norriss, Gentrification in Ponsonby: Pacific Peoples partial displacement and continued
Socio-Cultural Interaction (sole supervisor)

2003

Jenny Chan, Interpreting Transnationalism: a case study of Hong Kong Chinese migrants in
New Zealand (co-supervisor- for Development Studies)

2002

Richard Todd, An exploration of the key factors fuelling the burgeoning Auckland CBD
Apartment Market (sole supervisor)

2002

Jody Grinter, Discourses of state housing within media, political and public opinion texts. (sole
supervisor)

2001

Hayley McFadden, Mags and Drags: Youth, Cars and Contested Spaces on Queens St,
Auckland. (sole supervisor)

RESEARCH
Key Research Themes
Housing Policy and Urban Change, Housing Finance, Property Processes, Finance Capital and
the Built Environment, Economic Restructuring and Urban Competition, Globalisation and
World Cities,

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Invited Lectures or Presentations:
Overseas:
2015

Invited Keynote Presentation: Australasian Housing Researchers Conference,

Hobart, Australia
Paper entitled: Policy Dynamics and Housing Futures.

2014

Departmental Seminar, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

I presented a research seminar as part of the Department of Land Economy,
Departmental Seminar Series (University of Cambridge). My seminar was entitled: 'The
Politics of Land Supply and Affordable Housing: Aucklands Housing Accord and Special
Housing Areas".
Invited Speaker- Fellows' Research Talk, Girton College, Cambridge
As the Helen Cam Visiting Fellow I presented a research seminar to the Fellows of
Girton College, Cambridge. My paper was entitled: 'Homeownership, Ageing and
Downsizing: Reflections on asset-based welfare policies, housing market dynamics and
the 'actuarial subject.
Presenter -Research Seminar Girton College Cambridge
I was an invited participant in the MCR (postgraduate) and SCR (Fellows) jointly hosted
research seminar featuring "PechaKucha presentations" (presentation consists of 20
slides with each slide shown for exactly 20 seconds). I was one of two Fellows and three
postgraduates presenting and my talk was entitled: "Property Matters".
Invited Lecture to the Geographical Society Girton College
I was invited to give a lecture to the Geographical Society Girton College. My lecture was
entitled: The Politics of Housing Affordability in Auckland, New Zealand.

2012

Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) and Department of Geography,
University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Title: Super Rich Property Developers, NAMA and the socialisation of the Irish Property
Crash

2011

Invited Discussant Special Session of the Institute of Australian Geographers'

Conference 2011 (Wollongong, NSW) on 'Situated Knowledges'. I responded to a paper
presented by Professor Eugene McCann (Simon Fraser University) on "Situated
knowledge on the move? Reflections on urban policy mobilities/immobilities".

2009
Ireland,

National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), National University of
Maynooth. (November 2009) Public LectureTitle: From Wall St. to their street: The Global Crisis and the Australian and New
Zealand housing markets.
Department of Geography, Seminar Series, Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Public Lecture(October 2009)
Title: The Financial Crisis and the Australian and New Zealand Housing Markets
School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin
(UCD) Lecture to Second Year Masters of Urban and Regional Planning Class (October
2009).Title: Housing Policy Issues- Responding to the Global Financial Crisis

2008

Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES) Annual Conference Shanghai (July 2008)
Invited speaker on Plenary Session entitled Mortgage Markets after the Subprime

Crisis
Presentation: Mortgage Banks and the Subprime crisis: An Australian/New Zealand
Perspective
2005

Forum for Irish Urban Studies (FIUS):

Seminar entitled: Cities transformed: Exploring urban governance regimes in Auckland
and Dublin:

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Murphy, L. Market Rules: Planning, Urban Governance and Urban Change in Auckland
Presented in Trinity College Dublin (TCD) (29 November, 2005)
2002 Murphy, L. Unleashing the Market: Property and Planning in New Zealand
University College Dublin (UCD) School of Geography, Planning and Environmental
Policy; Staff & Postgraduate Student Seminar Series. (30 November 2005)
2003

Murphy, L. Economic Change, Planning and the Dynamics of the Auckland Property Market

University College Dublin (UCD) School of Geography, Planning and Environmental

Policy, Lecture to Second Year Masters of Urban and Regional Planning Class. (16th
November 2005)
2004

Murphy, L. Neoliberalism and Property Processes in New Zealand

Presentation to Department of Geography, Honours Students, Trinity College Dublin

rd
(TCD). (23 November 2005)
2000

Presentation: Reforming Social Rented Housing in New Zealand presented to:

i)
Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, Trinity College Dublin
ii) Dublin University Geographical Society, Trinity College Dublin
iii)
Wexford Rotary, Ireland.

1996

International Speaker for Discussion Forum on The End of Public Housing?

- Research School of Social Sciences, ANU, Canberra Australia.
New Zealand
th

2015 Invited Presenter- The 19 Public Health Summer School, University of Otago, Wellington,
February.
Presented: What is affordable housing? Measurement Methods and Issues.
2014 May- Presenter- University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning: Communique 2014:
A Place to Live, public lecture series
I presented a research Seminar as part of the University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning:
Communique 2014: A Place to Live, public lecture series. My lecture was entitled: The Politics of Housing
Affordability: Is housing supply the answer?".
June- Presenter- University of Auckland Business School, The Ballot Box 2014 panel series: Housing
affordability
I was a presenter in the University of Auckland Business School, The Ballot Box 2014 panel series: Housing
affordability - Can Auckland, as one of the worlds great cities, also be affordable? (12 June 2014) Moderated by
Adam Jaffe (Director of Motu and the 2014 Sir Douglas Myers Visiting Professor), the panellists were Dr Arthur
Grimes and myself (The University of Auckland Business School), and Alan Johnson (Salvation Army). My talk
was entitled: Can we have affordable homeownership in Auckland? Video footage of the presentations and a
video of a follow-up interview on housing issues were posted on the Business School website
(http://www.business.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/seminars-and-events/the-ballot-box/programme.html).
July- Statistics New Zealand Housing Statistics User Group Meeting
I was an Invited speaker at the Statistics New Zealand Housing Statistics User Group Meeting held in Wellington
(18th July, 2014). I was invited to give a presentation entitled: Measuring Housing Affordability: Methods and
Issues. This meeting brings together housing statistics users from a number of government organisations (MBIE,
SNZ, TPK, MSD) and researchers based in Wellington.
2011

Invited Speaker: The Royal Society of New Zealand- Seminar: Competition for land and
land use competition in New Zealand: dynamics, issues, policy, University of Auckland,
Paper presented: Valuing and pricing land in a globalising world.

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2009

Invited Plenary Speaker: Property Institute of New Zealand 2009 Conference, Auckland
(June). Session Name: Where Property is Going (Presenter panel Murphy, L. Sir Robert
Jones (Investor), Chris Gudgen (CEO Kiwi Income Property Trust))

2004

Invited Plenary Speaker: Joint New Zealand Property Institute and the Australian
Property Institute Conference (Queenstown), Urban renewal- the Myth and Reality:
Reflections on the International Experience.

2001

Invited Speaker: Association of Asia-Pacific Social Science Research Councils

(AASSREE) New Zealand and the World The Impacts of Globalisation Social,
Economic and Cultural Dimensions. (Sponsored by UNESCO, FRST, RSNZ)

1999 Invited Speaker, Housing Policy Conference, organised by School of Social Policy
and Social Work, University of Massey, Albany, (October 1999)
1994 Invited Participant Ministry of Housing, Housing Conference, Wellington
Invited Departmental Visitor
1994 Department of Geography, Victoria University, Wellington.
1994 Department of Geography, Massey University, Palmerston North.
1993 Department of Geography, University of Christchurch.
Conference Presentations
2015
Australian Housing Researchers Conference, Hobart, Australia, February
Title: Homeownership and Ageing: Examining House Price Dynamics and Downsizing Issues in New
Zealand. Authors: Murphy, L. and Rehm. M.
2014
Institute of Australian Geographers/ New Zealand Geographical Society Joint Conference,
rd
Melbourne, June 30- 2 July
Title: Homeownership and Asset-based Welfare: Exploring the Dynamics of Ageing, Downsizing and
House Prices in New Zealand. Authors: Murphy, L. and Rehm.M.
Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference, Lincoln University, New Zealand. 19 January - 22
January 2014.
Title: The Politics of Housing Affordability in New Zealand.
2013
19th Pacific-Rim Real Estate Society Conference, Melbourne, Australia. 14 - 16 January 2013.
Title: Price Dynamics in Medium Density Housing
Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British Geographers Conference, London 27-30
August (2013). Title: The Political Construction of Housing Affordability Problems in New Zealand
State of Australian Cities, National Conference, Sydney, Australia. 26-29 November
Title: Future Intensive: Obstacles and opportunities to achieving compact urban form in Auckland
Authors: Haarhoff, E., Beattie, L., Dixon, J., Dupuis, A., Lysnar, P., and Murphy L.
2012
18th Pacific-Rim Real Estate Society Conference, Adelaide, Australia. 15 - 18 January 2012.
Title: Political and Corporate Constructions of Auckland as a Sustainable/ Competitive/ Liveable City.
19th European Real Estate Research Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 - 16 June 2012.
Title: The Rise and Fall of Irish Property Developers.
2011
The Royal Society of New Zealand- Competition for land and land use competition in New
Zealand: dynamics, issues, policy, University of Auckland
Title: Valuing and pricing land in a globalising world. (Invited Speaker)

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Transforming Auckland: Towards Sustainable Futures, University of Auckland.
Title: Searching for vision and action: Agency, agendas and aspirations shaping Auckland.
Authors: Lewis, N., Murphy, L.D., Le Heron, R., Jackson, B., & Sunde, C.
Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British Geographers Conference, London (2011).
Title: Political Imaginaries and the Construction of Auckland as a Super-City.
Authors Murphy, L.D., Lewis, N., Le Heron, R., Jackson, B., & Sunde, C.
Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, University of Wollongong.
Title: Auckland Super-city: Agency, Agendas and Aspirations shaping the sustainable/competitive city
dilemma.
Authors: Murphy, L.D., Lewis, N., Le Heron, R., Jackson, B., & Sunde, C.
th

17 Pacific Rim Real Estate Conference, Gold Coast (Australia), January 16-19.
1) Title: 'The landlord-tenant power relationship: An evaluation of tenant leasing behaviours
and experiences under alternative lease structures
Authors: Halvitigala, D., Murphy, L. and Levy, D.
2) Title: 'The effect of lease structures on landlord leasing behaviours and their lease-related
decision making'
Authors: Halvitigala, D., Murphy, L. and Levy, D.
2010
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual Conference, London (UK), September
Title: Japanese Housewives and Belgian Dentists: The International carry-trade and New
Zealands post-crisis Housing Market
New Zealand Geographers and Institute of Australian Geographers Conference
Title: Irish Property Developers: their part in the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger economy
Authors: Murphy, L. McGuirk, P (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference, Wellington, 24-27 January, 2010
Title: 'An exploratory study of commercial valuer perception and experience of the valuation of
alternative lease structures (New Zealand perspective)',
Authors: Halvitigala, D., Murphy, L. and Levy, D.
2009
International Sociological Association (ISA) Housing Assets: Housing People, Conference
th
(Glasgow) September 1-4 .
Invited Panellist for a Special Session on International Responses to the Global Crisis
Paper Title: Responding to the Credit Crunch: Australian and New Zealand Perspectives
rd

3 International Conference on the Built Environment in Developing Countries 2009

nd
rd
(ICBEDC 2009) Universiti Sains Malaysia (2 and 3 December)
Paper title: Understanding Sustainable Housing Development for the Urban Poor: An
Alternative Approach to Examining the Impact of Regulations on the Provision of Low Cost
Housing
Paper presented by Ms Hasniyati Hamzah (First author and PhD student).
2008
th
14 Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January.
Paper Presented: A critical analysis of mortgage rates in New Zealand (with James Young)
Asian Real Estate Society Conference, Shanghai, China, July.
1) Paper presented: A critical analysis of mortgage rates in New Zealand (with James Young)
2) Paper Presented: Mortgage Banks and the Subprime crisis: An Australian/New Zealand
Perspective (Invited speaker on Plenary Session entitled Mortgage Markets after the Subprime Crisis)

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2007
European Real Estate Society Conference, London, June
Paper Presented: Chasing the Market: Housing Affordability Home Ownership & the Private Rental
Market
nd

2 Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane,

Australia, June.
Mr Ian Mitchell (P), Mr S. OMalley (DTZ Consulting and Research) and Dr L. Murphy; University of
Auckland
Paper: The future of home ownership and the role of the private rental market in Auckland region
th

13 Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference, Perth, Australia, January.

Paper presented: Housing Affordability: Home ownership and the Private Rental Market
2006
th
European Real Estate Society Conference, Weimar, Germany, 7-10 June
Paper Presented: Emerging Risks: The Dynamics of the Home Ownership Market in New Zealand,
1990-2004.
International Geographical Union Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces:
Geographical Perspectives on Old and New Value Chains, Commodity Chains, Supply Chains
th
Conference. Auckland, New Zealand 27 June- 1 July 2006.
Paper Presented: Investing in Space: The Development and Evolution of the Listed Property Trust
Sector in New Zealand.
th

12 Pacific Rim Real Estate Conference, Auckland, January.

Papers Presented
1) Home ownership and house prices: An analysis of regional trends in New Zealand
2) The Development and Evolution of Listed Property Trusts in New Zealand.
2005
Pacific Rim Real Estate Conference, Melbourne (Australia)
Paper Presented: Residential Apartment Development in Aucklands Central Business District.
2004
European Real Estate Society Conference, Milan (Italy)
Paper Presented: From urban chic to student units: Aucklands Inner City Residential Apartment
Boom 1990-2003
New Zealand Property Institute and Australian Property Institute Conference (Queenstown)
Invited Keynote speaker: Urban renewal- the Myth and Reality: Reflections on the International
Experience.
2002
th
The Association of American Geographers 98 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles.
Papers presented:
i) Remaking the City: Apartment Development in Downtown Auckland
ii) New Transnational Spaces in Suburban Auckland, New Zealand (with Drs Friesen and Kearns)
2001
th
The Association of American Geographers 97 Annual Meeting, New York, NY
Paper Presented: Localizing the Global in the City of Sails (with Drs Friesen and Kearns).
Association of Asia-Pacific Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC) with the Foundation
for Research, Science and Technology, the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO
and the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Paper Presented: Auckland as a Globalising City
2000
Fifth International Metropolis Conference, Vancouver, 2000.

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Papers Presentation:
Placing the Global in the Local: Globalisation processes in Auckland, New Zealand (with Drs Friesen
and Kearns)
Workshop Presentation: Globalisation and emerging property trends in Auckland
New Directions: New Settlers Conference, Wellington, 2000.
Paper presented: Transforming the city: people, property and identity in the millennial city (with Dr
Kearns)
1999
th
The Association of American Geographers 95 Annual Meeting (Hawaii), 1999
Paper Presented: Disquiet in Privatopia: (co-author V.OConnor)
2005
Institute of Australian Geographers Conference (Sydney), 1999
Paper Presented: (Re)positioning Auckland: edging into the global (with Drs Kearns and Friesen)
2006
New Zealand Geographers Conference, (Palmerston North), 1999
Papers Presented:
i)
(Extra)Ordinary Auckland: Mapping a Research Agenda (with Drs Friesen and Kearns)
ii) Auckland's Social Transformations (with Dr Friesen)
1997
Second Institute of Australian Geographers and New Zealand Geographical Society Joint
Conference, Hobart, 1997
Papers Presented:
i)
Financial Engine or Glorified Back-Office: Dublin's International Financial Services Centre
ii)
Market Rents and the Accommodation Supplement: the New Zealand Experience
1996
Irish Geographers' Conference, Galway, May 1996.
Paper Presented: The Humble Mortgage Goes International: Mortgage Securitisation in Ireland
1994
Paper to Housing Research Conference, Ministry of Housing, Wellington, May 1994
Papers Presented :
i) Understanding Tenant Protest: Research Themes and Issues
ii) Maori Housing Needs (Northland) (with Urlich-Cloher, D.)
1993
New Zealand Geographical Society Conference, Wellington, August 1993
Paper Presented: The Dynamics of Housing Change: From Housing Corp to Housing New Zealand"
1992
Inaugural Joint Conference New Zealand Geographical Society and Institute of Australian
Geographers, Auckland, January 1992.
Paper Presented: "Pushing Home Ownership to the Limit: Low income Home Ownership in the
Republic of Ireland"
1989
Irish Geographers' Conference, Dublin, May 1989.
Paper presented: The Management of Mortgage Arrears- the Case of the Building Societies"
1988
Irish Geographers' Conference, Belfast, May 1988.
Paper Presented: "Low Income Owner Occupation and Suburban Redlining- The Case of Dublin"
1987
Irish Geographers' Conference, Galway, May 1987.

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Paper Presented: "The Development of Building Societies as Financial Institutions and Their Role in
the Housing Market"
PUBLICATIONS

Articles and book chapters under review

MURPHY, L. Politics, Land Supply and Housing Affordability: Aucklands Housing Accord and Special
Housing Areas, Urban Studies (Editors Decision- Revise and resubmit- resubmission under review)
2015 SHARMA, R. and MURPHY, L.The housing experiences of Fijian migrants in Auckland,
International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis (In Press)
2015 MURPHY, L. Financialization (un)limited, Dialogues in Human Geography, (In Press)
2015 MURPHY, L. and REHM, M. Homeownership, Asset-based Welfare and the Actuarial Subject:
Exploring the Dynamics of Ageing and Homeownership in New Zealand. In Cook, N., Crabtree, L. and
Davison, A. (Eds) Unbounding Housing, Routledge (commissioned chapter).
Articles Published in Refereed Journals
2015 Lewis, N. and Murphy, L. Anchor organisations in Auckland: Rolling constructively with
neoliberalism? Local Economy, 30 (1), 98-118.
2014 MURPHY L. Houston weve got a problem: The political construction of a housing
affordability metric in New Zealand, Housing Studies, 29 (7), 893-909.
2014 Hamzah, H. and Murphy, L. The role of institutions in sustaining mandatory low-income
housing, Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, 20(2), 129-144.
2012 MURPHY, L. D. Rethinking Real Estate: How Property Markets Really Work. University of
Auckland Business Review, 15 (1), 46-57.
2011 MURPHY, L., The Global Financial Crisis and the Australian and New Zealand housing
markets Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 26 (3), 335-351.
2011 HALVITIGALA, D., MURPHY, L., LEVY, D., Dominant and non-dominant lease structures
and their effect on place based valuation practices, Journal of Property Investment and Finance,
29 (6), 595-611.
2011 HALVITIGALA, D., MURPHY, L., LEVY, D., The impacts of commercial lease structures
on landlord and tenant leasing behaviours and experiences, Pacific Rim Property Research
Journal, 17 (4), 560-583.
2008 MURPHY, L. Third wave gentrification in New Zealand: the Case of Auckland, Urban
Studies, 45(12), 2521-2540.
2008 LEVY, D. MURPHY, L. LEE, C. Influences and emotions: Exploring family decision making
processes when buying a house, Housing Studies, 23 (2) pp271-289.
2006 MURPHY, L. Counting the Costs: Reflections on the impacts of the privatisation of state
housing in New Zealand, HousingWORKS, (Australasian Housing Institute), 4 (1), pp22-24.
2005 FRIESEN, W. MURPHY, L. and KEARNS, R.
Spiced-up Sandringham: Indian
transnationalism and new suburban spaces in Auckland, New Zealand, Journal of Ethnic and
Migration Studies, 31 (2), pp 485-401

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2003 MURPHY, L. To the market and back: Housing policy and state housing in New Zealand,
Geojournal 59: pp119-126
2003 MURPHY, L Reasserting the social in social rented housing: Politics, housing policy and
housing reforms in New Zealand, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 27(1),
pp 90-101.
2002 CHEER, T., KEARNS, R.A. and MURPHY, L. Housing Policy, poverty and culture:
discounting decisions among Pacific peoples in Auckland, New Zealand, Environment and
Planning C: Government and Policy, 20, pp 497-516.
2000 MURPHY, L. A profitable housing policy? The privatization of the New Zealand
Governments Residential Mortgage Portfolio, Regional Studies, 34(4), pp 395-399.
1999 MURPHY, L. FRIESEN, W. and KEARNS, R.A. Transforming the city: people, property and
identity in millennial Auckland New Zealand Geographer, 55(2) pp 60-65.
1998 MURPHY, L. Financial Engine or Glorified Back Office? Dublin's International Financial
Services Centre Going Global Area (Institute of British Geographers) pp 157-165.
1998 MURPHY, L. and KEARNS, R. A. Privatised places and services: housing and health care
provision in metropolitan New Zealand in the 1990s Development Bulletin Autumn, pp 36-38.
1997 MURPHY, L New Zealand's Housing Reforms and Accommodation Supplement
Experience Urban Policy and Research, 15(4) pp 247-256.
1997 MORICZ, Z. and MURPHY, L Space Traders: Reregulation, Property Companies and
Auckland's Office Market, 1975-1994 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research,
21(2), pp 165-179.
1997 MACLAREN, A. and MURPHY, L. The Problems of Taxation-Induced Inner-City Housing
Development- Dublin's Recipe for Success? Irish Geography, 30 (1) pp 31-36.
1996 MURPHY, L. Whose interest rates? Issues in the development of mortgage-backed
securitisation Housing Studies, Vol 11, No 4, pp 581-589.
1995 MURPHY, L. Mortgage Finance and Housing Provision in Ireland, 1970-1990 Urban
Studies, 32 (1) pp 135-154.
1995 MURPHY, L. and URLICH-CLOHER, D. Economic Restructuring, Housing Policy and Maori
Housing in Northland, New Zealand, Geoforum, 26 (4), pp 325-336.
1994 MURPHY, L. The Downside of Home Ownership: Housing Change and Mortgage Arrears in
the Republic of Ireland, Housing Studies, 9 (2), pp 183-198.
1994 MURPHY, L. and KEARNS, R. A. Privatisation by Stealth: Housing New Zealand Ltd.
Environment and Planning A, 26, pp 623-637.
1992 MURPHY, L. Adopting spatially flexible lending strategies: Building society mortgage
lending in Dublin during the 1980s Area 24.1, (Institute of British Geographers), pp 30-35.
1991 MURPHY, L. A fragmented tenure: low status home ownership in suburban Dublin Irish
Geography, 24(2) pp 56-68.
Chapters in Books
2013 MURPHY, L. and McGUIRK, P. M. Super-rich Irish Property Developers and the Celtic
Tiger Economy, in Hay, I. (ed) Geographies of the Super-Rich, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK,
pp77-93

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2012 MURPHY, L. Asset-Based Welfare. S. J. Smith, M. Elsinga, L. Fox O'Mahony, S. E. Ong, S.

Wachter, & C. Hamnett (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Volume 1, (8186). Oxford. Elsevier.
2012 MURPHY, L., & LEVY, D. Emotions at Home. S. J. Smith, M. Elsinga, L. Fox O'Mahony, S.
E. Ong, S. Wachter, & R. Dowling (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Housing and
Home,Volume 2, (75-79).
2009
MURPHY, L. Market Rules: Neo-liberal Housing Policy in New Zealand. In Glynn, S.
(ed) Where the Other Half Lives: lower-income housing in a neoliberal world, Pluto Books,
London, pp 195- 216.
2009 LEVY, D. MURPHY, L. LEE, C. Influences and emotions: Exploring family decision making
processes when buying a house, In Smith, S. and Munro, M. (eds) The Microstructures of
Housing Markets, Routledge, London, pp 110-128.
2008 MURPHY, L. Globalising Commercial Property Markets: The Development and Evolution of
the Listed Property Trust Sector in New Zealand, In Tamasy, C. and Taylor, M. (editors)
Globalising Worlds: Geographical Perspectives on New Economic Configurations, Ashgate, pp
73-84.
2003 MURPHY, L. Remaking the city: Property processes, planning and the local entrepreneurial
state, In MacLaran. A. (ed) Making Space: Property Development and Urban Planning, Edward
Arnold, London, pp 172-193.
1995
2003 MURPHY, L., FRIESEN, W. and KEARNS, R.A. The divided city and urban
sustainability: Aucklands experience of ethnic segregation and social polarisation, In Freeman,
C. and Thompson-Fawcett, M. (eds) Living Space: Towards Sustainable Settlements in New
Zealand, Otago University Press, pp 95-112.
2001 KEARNS, R.A., MURPHY, L. and FRIESEN, W. Shopping!, In Bell, C. (ed) Sociologies of
Everyday Life in New Zealand, Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, pp189-209.
1999 MURPHY, L Housing Policy, in Boston, J. Dalziel, P and St John, S. (eds) Redesigning the
Welfare State in New Zealand: Problems, Policies and Prospects, Oxford University Press,
Auckland, pp 218-237.
1999 MURPHY, L. Visioning Cities, In Le Heron, R. Murphy, L. Forer, P. and Goldstone, M.
(eds) Explorations in Human Geography: Encountering Place, Oxford University Press, Auckland,
pp 289-317.
1999 MURPHY, L. and LE HERON, R. Encountering Places, Peoples and Environments:
Introduction to Human Geography In Le Heron, R. Murphy, L. Forer, P. and Goldstone, M. (eds)
Explorations in Human Geography: Encountering Place, Oxford University Press, Auckland, pp122.
1999 LE HERON, R. MURPHY, L. and STRINGER, C. Encountering Place as Metaphor and
Narrative, In Le Heron, R. Murphy, L. Forer, P. and Goldstone, M. (eds) Explorations in Human
Geography: Encountering Place, Oxford University Press, Auckland, pp382-386.
1997 MURPHY, L. The New Zealand experience of public housing reform, In Coles, R. (ed) The
End of Public Housing, Urban Research Program, Australian National University, Canberra, pp116.
1996 MURPHY. L. Gambling on Casinos, In Le Heron, R. and Pawson, E. (eds) Changing
Places: New Zealand in the Nineties, Longman, Auckland, pp343-344.

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1996 MORRISON P. and MURPHY, L The Geography of the Housing Reforms, In Le Heron, R.
and Pawson, E. (eds) Changing Places: New Zealand in the Nineties, Longman, Auckland pp
226-230.
Books
1999 LE HERON, R. MURPHY, L. FORER, P. and GOLDSTONE, M. (eds) Explorations in Human
Geography: Encountering Place, Oxford University Press, Auckland.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
2013 HAARHOFF, E., BEATTIE, L., DIXON, J., DUPUIS, A., LYSNAR, P., & MURPHY L. Future
Intensive: Obstacles and opportunities to achieving compact urban form in Auckland. Presented at the
th
6 State of Australian Cities Conference, Sydney. (CD- ROM ISBN2011 MURPHY, L.D., LEWIS, N., SUNDE, C., Le HERON, R., & JACKSON, B. (2011). Politics,
Corporates and Urban Sustainability: Political projects at work in the transformation of Auckland.
Presented at 5th State of Australian Cities Conference, Melbourne. (CD-ROM- ISBN 978-0-64656805-8)
2000 MURPHY, L. FRIESEN, W. and KEARNS, R.A. (Extra)Ordinary Auckland: Mapping a
Research Agenda, Proceedings of the New Zealand Geographical Society Conference, Palmerston
North, pp 238-241.
1994 MURPHY, L. Pushing Home Ownership to the Limit: Low income Home Ownership in the
Republic of Ireland, Proceedings of the New Zealand Geographical Society and Institute of Australian
Geographers Inaugural Joint Conference 1992, Volume Two, pp546-550, Auckland.
1994 MURPHY, L The Dynamics of Housing Change: From Housing Corp to Housing New Zealand,
Proceedings of the New Zealand Geographical Society Conference, Wellington, August 1993, pp 449451.
Other Published Conference Proceedings
2004 MURPHY, L. From urban chic to student units: Aucklands Inner City Residential Apartment
th
Boom 1990-2003, 11 European Real Estate Society (ERES) Conference, Milan, Italy. (Non-refereed
Conference Proceedings CD-Rom), pp7 (ISBN: 88-901694-0-0)
1994 MURPHY, L. Understanding Tenant Protest: Research Themes and Issues, Proceedings of
Ministry of Housing, Housing Research Conference, James Cook Centra Hotel Wellington, (6 pages).
1994 URLICH-CLOHER, D. and MURPHY, L. Maori Housing Needs (Northland), Proceedings of
Ministry of Housing, Housing Research Conference, James Cook Centra Hotel Wellington. (11 pages)
Reviews and Comments (published in journals of repute)
2012 MURPHY, L.: Alexander, S. et.al The Leaky Building Crisis: Understanding the Issues. Review
in New Zealand Sociology, 27(2), pp 201-205.
2000 MURPHY, L.: M.J. Dear (ed.) The Postmodern Urban Condition. Review in Australian
Geographical Studies, 38(3).
1996 Reports
2013 MURPHY, L. and REHM, M. Inclusionary Zoning and Brownfield Residential Development: A
Feasibility Study, A Report prepared for Auckland Council, Uniservices, University of Auckland, 45pp.

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2013 MURPHY, L. and REHM, M. Inclusionary Zoning and Greenfield Residential Development: A
Feasibility Study, A Report prepared for Auckland Council, Uniservices, University of Auckland, 33pp.
(http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans/UnitaryPlan/Section32/Part%203%20%20Appendices/3.21%20Affordable%20housing/Appendix%203.21.2.pdf)
2012 HAARHOF, E., BEATTIE, L., DIXON, J., DUPUIS, A., LYSNAR, P., MURPHY, L. and
SOLOMON, R. (2012) Future Intensive: Insights for Aucklands Housing, Transforming Cities:
Innovations for Sustainable Cities, University of Auckland, 296pp (ISBN 978-0-9922509-9-7 print)
2010 DARROCH Ltd - Sub-regional Housing Demand In the Northland Region, report prepared for
the Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa/New Zealand (CHRANZ) Uniservices Contract (Chapter
11 written by Murphy, L- Policy Implications) Two Volumes- Vol 1, 146 pp: Vol 2, 218pp
2007 MORRISON, P and MURPHY, L. Housing, employment and regional development. An
issues and scoping paper applied to the Northland and Canterbury Regions, report prepared for the
Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa/New Zealand (CHRANZ), 67pp.
2007 DTZ - The future of home ownership and the role of the private rental market in the Auckland
region, report prepared for the Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa/New Zealand (CHRANZ).
Uniservices Contract (Chapter 10 written by Murphy, L) 182pp.
2004 HESLOP, V., LYSNAR, P., DIXON, J. MURPHY, L., HARRHOFF, E. and FU, P. Living the
Highlife? A review of apartment living in inner city Auckland, Uniservices, University of Auckland,
pp77.
2000 BRYNER, E., DIXON, J., DUPUIS, A., LE HERON, R., MURPHY, L. and SPOONLEY, P.
Ambrico Place Medium Density Housing in Auckland. Working Paper, University of Auckland
Geography Department and Massey University Auckland School of Resource and Environmental
Planning and School of Sociology and Womens Studies, 50pp. July 2000.
2000 FRIESEN, W., MURPHY, L., KEARNS, R.A. and HAVERKAMP, E. Mapping Change and
Difference: A Social Atlas of Auckland. Occasional Publication No 42 Department of Geography,
University of Auckland, 56pp.

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