Housing
Otago, Canterbury show sharpest fall in house building consents
The number of new residential building consents has fallen for a third straight month.
Homes hit by recent flooding going up - literally
Insurance premiums won't be the only thing going sky-high after recent flooding - those wanting to rebuild homes can expect their ground floor to be up a staircase.
Councils in cyclone-hit areas say… Audio
Cyclone-affected homes may need to be rebuilt off the ground
Insurance premiums will not be the only thing going sky-high after recent flooding - those wanting to rebuild homes may face their ground floor being up a staircase.
'It's the bureaucratic process in the middle that tends to slow things up'
An iwi organisation says Wairoa has ready-to-go projects that could be accelerated to quickly get people back into homes.
Blockhouse Bay residents want land kept aside for elderly
Residents in the Auckland suburb of Blockhouse Bay say a new Kainga Ora complex is taking away land that was promised to pensioners.
The land was donated by a former resident of the area on the… Audio
Pacific advocates say warm homes critical to lifting kids out of poverty
Building thousands of good, big homes must be a cornerstone to lifting Pacific children out of poverty, say Pacific child advocates.
The latest Statistics New Zealand figures show little change in… Audio
'A kick in the guts': Social housing planned on land donated for senior citizens' homes
Residents in the Auckland suburb of Blockhouse Bay say a new Kāinga Ora complex is taking away a piece of land that was promised to pensioners.
Homeless in paradise: Queenstown residents living in cars, tents
People in Queenstown are resorting to living in cars, tents, hostels and couch surfing as rentals are in very short supply. Audio
Homeless in paradise - living in tents, cars in Queenstown
Homeless in paradise - that's how Queenstown residents describe living in the resort town during the housing crisis.
People are resorting to living in cars, tents, hostels and couch surfing as… Audio
Queenstown council looks to govt for answers as pressure grows for housing action
Queenstown's deputy mayor says the district needs help from the government to solve its housing crisis. Audio
Queenstown workers stage protest over town's rental housing crisis
A group of Queenstown workers fed up with the town's rental housing crisis staged a protest last night, calling for an urgent intervention in the market.
About 70 people attended the lakefront… Audio
Queenstown housing protesters worried about weather
Organisers of Queenstown's rental housing protest are worried about the southerly blast that hit overnight, given the growing number of people living in cars and tents.
They say about 70 people… Audio
Concerns for safety and health of Queenstown homeless as winter creeps closer
People in Queenstown are living in cars, hostels, tents and couch surfing - and the problem is only snowballing, the co-organiser of a housing protest says.
Advice for would be first home buyers
The best time to buy a house is yesterday. So the saying goes. Buying a house is more complicated than that of course, but it begins with a simple question, WHY? Why do you want to enter New Zealand's… Audio
Unemployment rise may spell trouble as households face refinancing mortgage
About 60 percent of households will need to refinance their mortgage at higher rates over the next year or so.
Elderly couple face months in storm-damaged home
An elderly Auckland couple face many months of living in a storm-damaged Titirangi home with wrecked walls and a hole in the roof.
A tree crashed through one of their bedrooms during the Anniversary… Audio
Queenstown housing: Survey results reflect long-running frustration
Many respondents are stressed about housing and there is also a low rating for the council.
Rotorua emergency housing positive for many - govt-commissioned report
Despite the report Rotorua's MP was still calling for the government to announce a date when they will stop using motels.
Rent relief for some while waiting for house repairs - Kainga Ora
State home tenants in houses badly damaged in the Auckland Anniversary weekend floods are living rent free until they are repaired.
Kainga Ora says more than 600 homes need repairing and they've… Video, Audio
Wellingtonians want say on housing development on prison site
Hundreds of Wellington people opposed to a big housing development high up on the site of an old prison are demanding to have a say in the project. Local iwi through the Port Nicholson Block… Audio
