Housing
The Week in Detail: Policy scrambles, sorcery violence
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Government signs partnerships with Ngāti Whakaue on housing infrastructure
The government has signed a $55 million partnership with Ngāti Whakaue Lands Trust to build up to 1100 homes in Rotorua.
Monetary policy inflated house prices and lack of tax made it worse
To housing, where prices went up 45 percent in the 18 months from the middle of 2020.
The Reserve Bank has admitted its pandemic-related monetary stimulus - money printing and cheap loans for banks -… Audio
Tribunal rules against landlord over failure to fix damp rental
A landlord who was challenged about fixing her leaky rental retaliated by trying to evict the family who had spent a year living in a damp home.
'Unfortunate chapter': Unanimous decision made to axe reserves plan
A decision to revoke the reserve status of seven Rotorua reserve sites for development has been scrapped by a unanimous vote.
Emergency housing bill reaches $566m from April 2021-Sept 2022
It's cost more than half-a-billion dollars to keep New Zealanders in emergency housing since April last year.
And the number of people spending at least six months in such accommodation is growing.
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Porirua gets 'really needed' $204m infrastructure fund for new homes
An extra $204 million is going towards making more land ready for building homes in eastern Porirua. Audio
Negative equity is looming for some home owners – but you only need to worry if you need to sell
Opinion - A borrower enters negative equity if the value of their home drops below the value of their mortgage and for around 2 percent of NZ mortgage holders, this threat has become a reality. But…
NZ housing market sees major value drops in main centres
The housing market has experienced a sharp turnaround over the past year, with double-digit declines in value in all the main centres.
And there's no sign yet that house they've hit the bottom.
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What can a million dollars buy in the current housing market?
With house prices falling around the country, we look at what a million-dollar property looks like in the current market.
Double-digit house market declines in main centres, new figures show
There has been a stark turnaround in the value of the house market over past year, with double-digit declines in value in all the main centres. Audio
Wellington house prices largest slide in country
New figures show house prices are continuing to slide with home values in the capital falling more than 17% percent this year.
The latest QV house price index shows house prices have fallen by an… Audio
Homeowner told to sell to avoid unruly Kāinga Ora neighbours
An Auckland homeowner who says Kāinga Ora advised her to sell up and move to get away from its unruly tenants in her neighbourhood, has taken a complaint to the Ombudsman.
After enduring five years… Audio
House prices continue to slide
New figures show house prices are continuing to slide with home values in Wellington falling the most, more than 17% percent this year.
Auckland, Napier and Hastings all fell more than 11% and… Audio
'Worst landlord': Homeowner claims Kāinga Ora told her to move to avoid unruly neighbours
An Auckland homeowner who says she was advised to sell up and move out to get away from unruly Kāinga Ora neighbours has taken a complaint to the Ombudsman.
The mortgage rate rollercoaster
It's a housing crisis of a different kind - house prices are falling and interest rates are rising. Audio
No deadline for phasing out motel emergency accommodation
The government cannot give a deadline for phasing out emergency motel accommodation, but the Social Development Minister told Checkpoint she would reveal the results of a review and redesign by the… Video, Audio
Drury to become 'same size as Napier'
Auckland Council will allow a huge development in Drury to go ahead, as long as work is done in stages.
'A real whānau ora approach': kaumātua village plan for Wairoa
An iwi group in Wairoa has come up with what it's calling an innovative kaupapa Māori way to help solve the town's housing crisis.
In Wairoa, it takes a village
An iwi group in Wairoa has come up with what it's calling an innovative kaupapa Māori way to help solve the town's housing crisis.
With a shortage of resthome care, it's building a kaumātua… Audio
