Nick Smith

The Minister of Housing, Nick Smith has been listening to that. Audio

The Government is refusing to say when Canterbury people will get a fully elected regional council. Audio

The Government has moved swiftly to clamp down on eco-terrorists with a law change making 1080 the most tightly regulated poison in New Zealand. Audio

Out-dated, cumbersome and slow. And due for an overhaul. The Environment Minister, Nick Smith, says he's determined to change the Resource Management Act Audio

The Government believes it's possible to cut the cost of a house or section by tens of thousands of dollars with changes to the Resource Management Act. Audio

One of the authors of a report that lists Auckland as one of the top ten most unaffordable cities in the world - says the Housing Minister didn't understand it properly. Audio

As many as 350 new affordable homes have now been completed in special housing areas Auckland Mayor Len Brown says. Audio

The Government hopes its new building regulations will keep homeowners safe from rogue builders. Audio

Those at the frontline of dealing with substandard boarding houses are still waiting for action on better regulation of "lodges of last resort". What needs to be improved, what has a Parliamentary… Audio

One in seven beaches monitored for water quality is considered high risk for swimming. Audio

But the Labour Party says the Accord's failed to make a dent in the city's housing crisis, and is calling it a hopeless failure. Audio

New housing activity in Auckland has exceeded the government's first year targets, but most of the pick up has occurred outside the scope of their plan to tackle the crisis. Audio

Listening to that was the Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith. Audio

The Government is predicting construction to boom to unprecedented levels by 2017. Audio

The Government's policy to solve Auckland's housing shortage and curb rising prices is delivering windfall profits for owners of land earmarked for fast-track housing. Audio

The newly appointed Building and Housing, and Environment Minister, Nick Smith is promising a rewrite of the Resource Management Act to explicitly make more affordable housing one of its objectives. Audio

Multi-storey buildings will only be allowed to be designed by chartered engineers under tougher new rules has just announced. Audio

The neighbour of the 4-year-old boy mauled by the family dog says the animal had attacked him less than a week before. Audio

The Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith has been accused of telling Fish and Game to stop advocating for better water quality in lakes and rivers, or else. Audio

A man whose wife was killed in the CTV collapse says the Government should have stepped in when Alan Reay quit the professional body to prevent David Harding doing the same thing. Audio