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Plan to build 50 affordable homes in New Plymouth
A charitable organisation is hoping to buy 21 derelict Housing New Zealand properties in New Plymouth and build more than 50 affordable homes in their place.
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Brighter Future? Recession, recovery and record immigration
Audio 28 Jul 2017To end RNZ's Is This The Brighter Future? series, senior journalists Jane Patterson and Patrick O'Meara crunch the numbers on the government's economic stewardship.
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'We will line up so you can shoot us' - Manus detainees
As authorities threaten to force refugees from the Manus Island detention centre, detainees have issued an ultimatum of their own.
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Housing costs claim half of poorest NZers' pay
People on the lowest incomes are spending more than half their pay on housing costs, government figures show.
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Brighter Future? Home sweet housing crisis
As house prices climb beyond the reach of many, Kate Newton reports on the growing disparity between those who own and those who rent.
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In attempt to curb housing crisis, new agency established
In the latest instalment in RNZ's pre-election series 'Is this the Brighter Future,' we look at National's latest attempts to curb Auckland's housing crisis and cool the housing market by establishing… Audio
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Brighter Future? Home sweet housing crisis
Audio 24 Jul 2017Those who made it onto Auckland's property ladder in the nick of time have reaped the benefits since 2008. Kate Newton asks whether anything has improved for those left renting.
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NZ tops list of developed countries with most homeless
Social Housing Minister Amy Adams is rejecting an American University survey that puts New Zealand at the top of a list of developed countries for homelessness.
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Labour pledges to boost Queenstown housing
Labour's promising to build 1000 homes in Queenstown if it's elected in September, in a bid to deal with the town's housing shortage.
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NZ fifth-highest for 'life satisfaction' in OECD
Life satisfaction in New Zealand is high and most of us feel a strong sense of belonging to our families, according to new statistics.
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Brighter Future? The boom, the bust and the rustbelt
Audio 20 Jul 2017Has it been boom or bust for the regions over the last nine years? RNZ's journalists report.
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Housing crisis hampering efforts to flee abusive relationships
In Hamilton, the shortage of affordable homes has seen women return to the violent homes they had previously fled. Ruahine Albert is the chief executive of the Waikato Women's Refuge. Audio
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Renters told to save twice as much for retirement
Renters in the city will need to save nearly twice as much as home owners to have an active life when they retire, new figures show. Audio
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Govt criticised for being in a 'muddle' over social housing
Where does the key to solving the housing crisis lie? No less than four government departments are responsible for tackling the crisis. Social housing researchers are critical of Housing New Zealand's… Audio
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Venezuelan opposition leader released as crisis continues
Hours after being released from jail, one of the country's main opposition leaders urges supporters to continue anti-government protests.
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EU 'turned their backs on' migrants - Amnesty
Amnesty International has blamed "failing EU policies" for the soaring death toll among refugees and migrants in the central Mediterranean.
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Gulf row: No new sanctions despite Qatar denial
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt have voiced disappointment at Qatar's rejection of their ultimatum, but are so far refraining from further sanctions on the state.
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Half of Auckland's fast-track housing areas disestablished
There are fears thousands of cheap homes may not now be built because more than half of Auckland's Special Housing Areas have been disestablished. Audio
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Secure units for intellectually disabled in crisis
Secure units, which house intellectually disabled people who have committed crimes are in crisis, with senior psychiatrists saying both patients and staff are at risk of violence. Audio
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Top Stories for Thursday 6 July 2017
Audio 6 Jul 2017Secure units for intellectually disabled in crisis; foreign trust numbers plummet after introduction of new rules; more than half Akl's fast track housing areas disestablished; Wairarapa couple win… Audio
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Auckland Council unsure how many affordable homes built
The Building Minister says affordability is "headed in the right direction" despite the council's inability to give exact figures. Audio
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Govt plans hundreds more homes for Lower Hutt
The government has today unveiled plans to build an extra 330 new homes in Lower Hutt, and bring hundreds more up to warm, dry standards.
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Lack of numbers on affordable houses hindering progress
Leonie Freeman is a housing commentator, having worked in both the private and public sector on housing issues. She thinks it's 'concerning and surprising' that the Auckland Council and government… Audio
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Housing Minister says affordable housing numbers difficult to achieve
The Building and Construction Minister, Nick Smith, says regulating house prices to ensure a percentage being built are affordable is very difficult to achieve. Audio
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Auckland Council can't say how many 'affordable' homes have been built
Auckland Council's solution for the housing crisis has been running for four years but it still cannot say how many affordable homes have been built. Our reporter Sharon Brettkelly has been looking… Audio
