Housing New Zealand
Jump in homeless signals worse winter than last year for many
Groups supporting the homeless are bracing for a worse winter than last year as new Social Development Ministry figures show those in urgent need of housing has doubled over the past two years. Sharon… Audio
New meth-testing rules pointless without regulation - critics
New standards for methamphetamine contamination in houses are pointless if the meth testing industry itself is not regulated, the government has been told.
Pest control sent to cockroach infested state home
After a months long battle with Housing New Zealand, pest control has visited Daniel Laybourn's cockroach infested state home in Otara. Zac Fleming was there as Daniel returned home. Video, Audio
HNZ yet to send help for cockroach-infested home
A state housing tenant says he has been living in a cockroach infested Housing New Zealand home for months because they have repeatedly delayed fumigating it. Video, Audio
HNZ home infested with cockroaches
An Auckland Housing New Zealand home is infested with hundreds of cockroaches, and despite calls from its tenant for HNZ to fumigate the property, nothing has been done. Video, Audio
Housing NZ meth eviction defence questioned
Green MP Metiria Turei is disputing Housing New Zealand's defence of its meth eviction campaign.
Housing NZ boss defends meth eviction campaign
Hundreds of tenants were evicted from their state homes, after Housing NZ detected tiny traces of methamphetamine.
1400 new state homes for Auckland
Housing NZ says it will add 1400 houses in Auckland in the next three years, after earlier mistakenly telling MPs it would only add 700.
HNZ to add 722 homes in Auckland over 3 years
Housing New Zealand will add 722 new homes in Auckland over the next three years, but with the social housing waitlist in the thousands, opposition parties say it's not good enough. Audio
Auckland woman Ida Murrie faced charges but escaped eviction for medicinal marijuana
Auckland woman Ida Murrie, 61, faced eviction for growing and smoking marijuana for pain relief. Housing NZ backed down after a call to show "compassion".
Tauranga state houses sold
The government's sale of Tauranga's state houses to a private social housing provider has gone ahead.
$2300 a week for family to stay in motel
Work and Income is paying $2300 a week for a family waiting for social housing to stay in a motel. Video
Govt to sell 2500 state homes in Christchurch
The government is set to sell thousands of state homes in Christchurch, and John Key's childhood home could be among them. Video
Minister backtracks on meth eviction review comment
Housing New Zealand Minister Bill English is backtracking on his announcement of a review into meth evictions.
Housing NZ now can't say how many tenants kicked out over P
Housing New Zealand now says it can't say how many tenants it kicked out of their state homes and blacklisted last year for methamphetamine contamination. Our reporter Benedict Collins has more, Audio
Govt agencies unable to agree on meth warnings
Two government agencies are at loggerheads over the meth testing of state homes. Audio
HNZ denies Health Ministry warned it on meth testing
Housing New Zealand has categorically denied it was warned by the Health Ministry that the meth testing it was carrying out on its properties was only suitable for former meth labs. Audio
Meth test misuse 'tearing families apart' - Turia
Families are being torn apart by Housing New Zealand's deliberate misuse of methamphetamine testing, a former Māori Party co-leader says. Audio
Housing NZ meth testing "ripping families apart"
Former Maori Party co-leader Dame Tariana Turia says families are being torn apart by Housing New Zealand's deliberate misuse of methamphetamine testing. Audio
HNZ conduct over meth guidelines is appalling- Phil Twyford
Labour's Phil Twyford says this whole fiasco shows a 'staggering level of incompetence' by Housing New Zealand. He says they have evicted too many tenants on the basis of "dodgy testing". Audio