Housing
Taranaki rents up 18 percent
Taranaki is enjoying is one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country but is also having to deal with sky rocketing rents.
Like everywhere else in the country the rising cost of living is… Audio
What makes a 'fit and proper' real estate agent? Views welcome
It's potentially the biggest investment of your life - buying a house - so how do you know the real estate agent you're dealing with passes the sniff test.
Well the Real Estate Authority is working… Video, Audio
A nagging sense of unease: How Australia became the anxious country
Opinion - Millions of Australians will vote in a federal election on Saturday. But, asks Nick Bryant, is the country's luck running out?
What role does our garden play in biodiversity?
University of Otago urban ecologist Professor Yolanda van Heezik recently led a research team focused on the role private gardens can play in contributing to biodiversity. Professor van Heezik is with… Audio
Hastings housing plan nearly a year behind
A specially tailored housing project for Hastings is almost a year behind target.
Govt's Hastings housing project nearly a year behind target
A specially tailored housing project for Hastings is almost a year behind target.
The government promised to build 200 homes in the city by the middle of 2021 but nearly a year on, they're still 80… Audio
City planning needs more focus on infrastructure in Auckland
There's been a lot of discussion around the Government's planned changes to housing rules in Auckland. Former Auckland town planner and now private consultant Raj Maharjan says more focus needs to be… Audio
House price growth slowing, but not yet buyers' market - real estate firm
It is not a buyers' market yet, according to one of the big real estate firms, which sees current house market conditions as calm and balanced for buyers and sellers.
Rotorua’s 10 reserves sites for housing scales next hurdle
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A proposal to sell 10 Rotorua reserve sites is one step closer to public consultation after it cleared another hurdle in a split council vote.
Auckland Council rejects 35-year Pakiri sand mining bid
Residents have won a major battle against McCallum Bros, Auckland's biggest supplier of sand for concrete, with a resource consent application to take more sand off a beach north of the city rejected.
Call for govt to incentivise build-to-rent developments
An advocate for build-to-rent apartment complexes is urging the government to offer incentives in next week's Budget to support large scale developments.
Property market slows further, sales fall
The number of houses sold fell 35 percent from a year ago, and the median number of days to sell increased by nine to 38 days, latest Real Estate Institute figures show.
Life on the streets in Auckland 'definitely hard as' for formerly homeless teen
Two brothers who've spent years couch-surfing and living rough have finally found somewhere to live in Auckland.
'Chris' - not his real name - says he hasn't had a proper home for most of his teenage… Audio
'It is hard ... to keep moving': Call for strategy to support homeless youth
No outreach services are designed to meet the needs of young homeless people and a strategy is needed to directly respond to their needs, says a youth housing service.
Young people struggling with homelessness
An Auckland teenager who has been living on the streets with his 14-year-old brother says they were always on the move - trying to find somewhere safe to sleep.
The pair now have an address - thanks… Audio
'Chasing our tail': Potential buyers despondent as Northland house prices climb
Aotearoa's average house price may be dipping, but in some corners of the country, the climb continues.
Town the 'size of Napier' approved for south of Auckland
Three of New Zealand's biggest developers were last week given the green light to rezone 330 hectares of land in Drury, which would turn the small, semi-rural town south of Auckland, into a new…
Deal signed for 150 new homes in Tairāwhiti with $55m funding
The government has partnered with Toitū Tairāwhiti in a bid to deliver 150 new homes in the region in the next 15 months.
Council looks at housing-first response to Whakatāne homelessness
It has been almost five years since the Whakatāne Homeless Action Group was formed in response to growing numbers of rough sleepers.
Spoof Wellington real estate billboard pictures flood internet
The head of a leading Wellington real estate firm has laughed off an online spoof campaign targeting his company's billboards.
Three Wellington programmers created a website designed to look like… Audio
