Housing
Queenstown businesses look into housing staff
It's been called for, for some time and now it seems more Queenstown businesses are listening - buying up or altering properties to house the staff they need to run their businesses.
Just last week… Audio
Property listings the lowest since 2007 - New data
New property listings around the country last month plunged to a 16-year record low for the month of March, according to latest figures. Audio
Property listings slump to 16-year low
New property listings throughout the country last month plummeted to a 16-year low for the month of March.
Property website, realestate.co.nz, says several factors and uncertain times are causing… Audio
Fixing unhealthy homes would hit GDP growth, but benefit families - report
New research shows household incomes would increase as a result of a retrofit programme.
'Get out of the way' and let Māori help whānau - Housing advocate
Māori housing advocates say Cyclone Gabrielle highlighted stark disparities between Māori and non-Māori communities.
Warning over property investors snapping up flood-hit homes
Property experts are warning owners of flood-damaged homes in Hawke's Bay to take care when dealing with investment companies wanting to snap up their houses.
A property investment company is… Audio
Cyclone highlighted housing disparities - Māori housing advocates
Māori housing advocates say Cyclone Gabrielle highlighted stark disparities between Māori and non Māori communities.
The National Māori Housing Conference in Rotorua scrutinised the impact of… Audio
Desperate Queenstown renters turn eye to empty houses
People are asking Queenstown real estate agents if they can stay in vacant houses as the rental crisis continues to snowball.
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
