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NZ HERALD / 14 September 2021
MADE's response to Council's proposed 660% increase in Developer Contributions
With tens of millions of dollars invested into Auranga's public amenities already, Charles Ma responds to Auckland Council's proposed developer contributions as "shocking and disappointing".
STUFF / 01 September 2021
Rotokauri North project goes ahead
Rotokauri North aims to create 2,000+ new homes on 122ha of prime, flat greenfield land. Located 13kms north of the Hamilton CBD, the project will have a heavy focus on green corridors, integrated transport and values-centric living.
NEWSROOM / 16 November 2020
Building the country from the ground up
To effect change, New Zealand must, like US President-elect Joe Biden, fundamentally rethink the way Government, councils, and private sector collaborate and communicate in order to build communities in a different, more holistic way – the future is in all our hands.
NZ HERALD / 23 October 2020
New $10b town centre for 40,000 rising at Drury West
As first residents move into their new homes, NZ Herald Property editor Anne Gibson surveys Auranga as it transforms pasture into clay building platforms as big-name house builders prepare hundreds of sites.
TVNZ / 24 May 2020
Sunday TVNZ Interviews Charles Ma
The inside story of Charles Ma building a billion dollar town before the age of 30: Auranga in Drury, South Auckland – Charles shares his struggles, breakthroughs and vision for reinventing how communities live.
NZEDGE.COM / 17 March 2020
NZ HERALD / 06 March 2020
Auranga is building a home for champions
NZ Herald’s “Project Auckland” features Auranga prominently. “Developing communities that have a positive impact on people's sense of belonging, and that connect people, place and purpose, is at the core of Charles Ma’s urban design philosophy.”
NZ HERALD / 06 March 2020
Auckland’s new city: the $2.4 billion plan for Drury
Urban Development and Transport Minister Phil Twyford said Drury is located in the economic geographic centre of the Golden Triangle of Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton. "We future-proofing by building essential transport infrastructure."
KNIGHT FRANK / 03 March 2020
The City Wellbeing Index: How happy are the world's leading cities?
Auranga leads the commentary in Knight Frank’s global City Wellbeing Index. “The desire is to reimagine a new way of living but by putting wellbeing at the core, and building around it,” says founder Charles Ma.
STUFF / 06 November 2019
Tackling Auckland's housing crisis by rethinking urban design
As the housing crisis deepens and families struggle to find a home, developer Charles Ma thinks it's time to change the way we build.
AURANGA / November 2019
Local Employment and Growth: The Auranga story
Steve Thorne, urban designer and master planner of Auranga says an objective of the new city is to become a connected, integrated employment destination.
FRANKLIN COUNTY NEWS / 16 July 2019
Rethinking urban design at Auranga
The philosophy of ‘shared space’ can be seen in Auranga’s road design. Pedestrians and bikes take priority over vehicles. Footpaths are wide but roads are narrow. Bikes have their own lane.
FRANKLIN COUNTY NEWS / 16 July 2019
Auranga’s Bremmer Road reopening celebrated with ribbon cutting
The Drury community, local iwi and invited VIPs celebrated the reopening of Bremmer Rd, the backbone of Auranga in Drury West, taking in the waterways and natural beauty from which Auranga has been created.
STUFF / 30 January 2019
New retirement village promises residents capital gain on their units.
The 309-unit retirement village under development at Auranga is a “next generation” model where residents get to keep most of the capital gain, in a challenge to the traditional big players.
STUFF / 27 January 2019
Meet Charles Ma, the 28-year-old land developer behind a $1 billion Auckland housing project
Land developer Charles Ma, an Auckland-born Kiwi of Chinese descent, through his company Made Group is developing a 2700 section housing project in the Auckland suburb of Drury, 40 kilometres south of the central city.
SUNDAY STAR TIMES / 27 January 2019
The millennial who’s building a $1bn town
“At its core, I want to connect people into place again, towards a more purposeful way of living. This is not my first development but this will be my flagship development,” says Charles Ma.
STUFF / 21 December 2018
Fast track for Auranga
Auckland Council’s decision speeds Auranga’s development by four years with the approval of 1,300 new homes. Charles Ma says Drury’s population could exceed 130,000 by 2050.
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND / 23 November 2018
University of Auckland
A steely resolve and a second chance to prove himself led ultimately to MADE founder Charles Ma being named as one of 40 under 40 achievers who graduated from the University of Auckland.
RADIO NEW ZEALAND / 16 November 2018
The science of building new human-centric cities and towns
Acclaimed British architect and urban planner Tim Stonor works with MADE on the masterplanning for Auranga using a science-based, human-centric approach to urban design, transport planning, land use economics and environmental engineering.
MAXIM INSTITUTE / July 2018
A decent, affordable place to live is a basic need for every person
Charles Ma joins with leaders from the Salvation Army and Housing New Zealand Trust for a Maxim Institute discussion on social housing solutions through to development that meets the commercial market.
PAPAKURA COURIER / 21 February 2018
Resource consent lodged to build $240M retirement village at Auranga
Application to build a 310-unit retirement village and country club on an 11-hectare site at Auranga has been lodged with the Auckland Council by Tauranga-based company Karaka Pines Villages.
PAPAKURA COURIER / 05 February 2018
New Auranga coastal track a hit with locals and their best friends
Families, cyclists, kayakers and paddleboarders were among the 700 people (plus dogs) who came out to explore the opening section of the 5km paved public path at Auranga.
NATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW / 15 November 2017
Drury becomes Auckland’s biggest development zone
Charles Ma’s MADE has invested $46 million for water infrastructure, two bridge upgrades and additional investment in walkways, coastal tracks and cycleways, reserves and parks including planting and regeneration at Auranga.
NZ HERALD / 14 November 2017
$2 billion infrastructure spend to put Drury on centre stage
The South Auckland settlement of Drury is set to receive a major upgrade, with over $2 billion of infrastructure and developments planned.
NZ HERALD / 27 September 2017
'Unprecedented growth' forecast for Drury
"With 6900 new jobs expected to be generated by the nearby Drury South Business Park, Auranga will provide a much-needed planned community to benefit the long-term future of New Zealand's fastest growing city," says MADE’s CEO Charles Ma.
SUSTAINABLE COASTLINES / 24 September 2017
Love Your Water Drury with Auranga
After a moving karakia from Ngati Tamaoho’s Hero Potini, over 90 people of all ages and backgrounds come together to plant almost 2,000 native plants on the riparian banks of Auranga’s Ngakoroa Stream.
RURAL LIVING / December 2016
Charles Ma turning the earth at Drury
Breaking new ground is not easy, even for veterans. And yet, just aged 26, Charles Ma is already no stranger to groundbreaking. Rural Living posed a few questions to this innovative entrepreneur.
STUFF / 07 November 2016
Housing development launched in Drury for 1350 homes
A new housing development in south Auckland took just 22 days to rezone and consent, a feat that's being hailed as one of the country's fastest.
WAATEA NEWS / 26 October 2016
Options for iwi in Auranga development
In a dawn ceremony South Auckland iwi Ngati Tamaoho blessed Auranga’s grounds in the fields of Drury. Tamaki Makaurau MP Peeni Henare says developer Charles Ma is working constructively with Maori.
