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First of all, good for Auckland. I wish my city (whose metro area has about a million more people than the entirety of New Zealand) would have the courage do similar.
However, I gotta say I'm not a huge fan of the built form of the pictured examples, with five or six detached units in a row front-to-back on a single-family lot. It would make more sense to me to build more traditional quadplex apartment buildings (e.g. like this) instead.
I think the section/lot is too narrow for that though. Realistically the non-detached option is probably "townhouses" which are increasingly prevalent in Auckland.
"Townhouses" with garages like that set sideways on the lot require an absolute minimum width of about 40' (car storage + car turning radius) which is probably wider than the quadplex I linked (if I had to guess, I'd estimate it at about 32' wide).
I think the more likely reason they're increasingly prevalent is because (misguided) people want that covered/private car storage.
You're probably right. Auckland has really terrible public transport options, like no subway (it is building a tiny loop in the middle of the CBD) and very little in the way of light rail - it doesn't even have a rail link to the international airport which is bizarre in a city of that size and sprawl. People there are obsessed with cars, but unless you live in the inner suburbs it's not that great without one.
There's also a lot more of this sort - these ones have garaging at the back because it's a new build in an outer suburb.