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Top Stories for Monday 31 October 2016
Audio 31 Oct 2016Central Italy shaken by major quake , Labour can't rely on Auckland Council to pay half of light rail network, Clinton on back foot after FBI announces new email investigation, Don't blame baby… Audio
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Bold plan to fix Auckland's housing crisis
Leonie Freeman wants to set up a new non-profit organisation that unites every part of the housing sector for the first time to build 125,000 homes in Auckland in eight years. Audio
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Property expert reveals plan to solve Auckland crisis
A property expert has unveiled a plan for fixing Auckland's housing crisis that would unite the government, developers and not-for-profit groups. Audio
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A new initiative to tackle Auckland's housing crisis
Housing strategist, Leonie Freeman, who's held senior roles in the property sector in both public and private, talks to Kathryn Ryan about the new independent initiative she believes will solve the… Audio
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Investors and community groups call on govt to help housing crisis
Audio 25 Oct 2016Philanthropic groups, investors and community housing organisations say they can't put a dent in the housing crisis without government help. Audio
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Wealthy investors struggle to find housing projects
Wealthy investors are meeting with social housing providers from across the country in a bid to find urgent solutions to the housing shortage.
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Questions over Fiji National Fire Authority's in-house union
Audio 24 Oct 2016The Fiji Public Service Association says firefighters have been coerced into joining an "in-house" union by the National Fire Authority; and that the Registrar of Trade Unions has been hampering their… Audio
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Three ideas for fixing Auckland’s housing crisis
But there's only one thing the housing campaigners in this story agree on.
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Question Time for 19 October 2016
ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement that “we are on the cusp of something special”, given P is cheaper and easier to get, youth unemployment has risen nearly 30 percent…
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Amnesty condemns Australia's inhumane camps on Nauru
Survey backs call for NZ to speak out
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Battle to retake Mosul from IS begins
A major military offensive to reclaim the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State has begun, the country's government says.
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Inflation picked to lift
Inflation is likely to have hit its low point and will pick up pace going into next year.
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Trump's groping boasts 'disgraceful'- Michelle Obama
First lady Michelle Obama has scathingly condemned Donald Trump, calling his boasts about groping women 'shocking and demeaning'.
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Housing New Zealand 'in fine shape' - English
Labour's claims that Housing New Zealand is verging on bankruptcy are irresponsible and stupid, the agency's minister says.
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Collins' poverty comments simplistic - Te Puea chair
Police Minister Judith Collins is oversimplifying the causes of child poverty by saying it's down to bad parenting, an Auckland marae chairman says. Audio
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Govt hits back at Labour's affordable housing claims
The government has hit back at Labour's claims that only 18 homes sold in Auckland's special housing areas in the past three years were affordable.
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Wary banks blamed for dropped housing projects
Cautious banks are being blamed by some in the property industry for a lack of affordable apartments being built.
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Top US Republican distances himself from Trump
The leader of the US House of Representatives has distanced himself from Donald Trump as the Republican nominee's campaign sank deeper into crisis over his remarks about groping women.
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Cross party inquiry finds no doubt NZ has a homelessness crisis
The Labour, Maori and Green Parties joint inquiry into homelessness has made 20 recommendations to address the problem - but the government says those recommendations are nothing new. Video, Audio
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Trump vows to jail Clinton over emails
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has vowed to put his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in jail if he wins the White House. Video
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English: Focus still on debt, coy on tax cuts
A more upbeat tone about the prospects for the global economy is not stopping the government from preparing for the worst.
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Homelessness inquiry recommends national strategy
A political cross-party inquiry on homelessness has made 20 recommendations, including using vacant state properties for emergency housing and developing a national strategy.
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What's next for mayor elect Phil Goff?
Analysis - Phil Goff's stated top priority of lifting the council's reputation suggests the shrill rhetoric of the campaign may still ring too loudly in his ears, writes Todd Niall.
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Aucklanders' shopping list for Goff: housing and transport
Phil Goff is being urged to make housing and transport his top priorities as mayor of Auckland by shoppers at the city's markets at the weekend. Video
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'Lake of blood' after strike on funeral in Yemen capital
More than 140 people have been killed and at least 500 injured in air strikes on a funeral in Sanaa, a senior UN official says.
