Housing

The Housing Minister says the number of homes Auckland must plan for will be reduced, but only if central government approves the council's plan. Audio

A Christchurch woman whose landlord tried to end her tenancy has been told she needs to improve the state of the house, but she's allowed to keep her cat.

Te Toi Mahana, a Wellington City Council organisation, was formed so tenants could access the government's Income Related Rent Subsidy.

The Character Coalition said the requirement for two million zoned sites was always an unrealistic and unnecessary target.

The Housing Minister has had to grapple with a process he says is "legally complicated". Audio

Some threats to a property's value can be controlled, and anothers not.

Farm Cove residents have sought legal advice, maintaining the development should no longer be allowed under recently changed planning rules. Audio

Aucklanders may finally be getting some relief on their insurance premiums - but the same cannot be said for Wellington and Christchurch.

A woman who helped her son and his wife buy a house has been offered compensation for the way the bank handled the dispute when the relationship went sour.

The transformation of Canterbury's Rangiora is clear, with the District Plan opening up land for up to 17,000 new sections over the next 30 years.

New data from Cotality shows that 12 percent of people selling residential properties in the last quarter of last year did so for less than the amount they paid for them.

Standalone houses in the Auckland suburb, usually the country's most expensive area, have a median value of $3.03 million.

Auckland Council's planning has been thrown for a loop after what looks like yet another government-imposed rule change over housing.