Phil Twyford

Housing Minister Phil Twyford says government agencies are trying to track down the hundreds of people wrongly evicted from Housing New Zealand homes so they can get compensation. Fifty-five people… Audio

Fifty-five people who were wrongly evicted from their Housing New Zealand homes will today get an average of almost $8000 each in compensation, and a formal apology. It is the first in a series of… Audio

The Transport Agency has banned another vehicle inspection business over its poor Warrant of Fitness assessments. Westland Automotive and Tyre in Auckland was suspended and its director Akram Zakeri… Video, Audio

Housing Minister Phil Twyford says National's Judith Collins has targeted a young couple online over how they became eligible for a Kiwibuild home. The couple have shut down their social media… Video, Audio

Questions have been raised about KiwiBuild eligibility after a graduate doctor and a marketing manager became the owners of one of the new homes. They're among eighteen families welcomed into their… Audio

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed to never introduce another regional fuel tax as long as she's in charge. But National is accusing the Prime Minister of making policy up on the hoof… Audio

Construction will start today on the first apartments in the next step in the Government's KiwiBuild programme. The 25 Onehunga properties are available to eligible buyers and are part of the Buying… Audio

The government has announced plans to demolish about 3000 state homes in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill and build about 10,000 new homes in their place. The development is almost identical to… Audio

Housing Minister Phil Twyford is planning to override Auckland Council's Unitary Plan in order to fast-track building more houses. His plan involves establishing a Urban Development Authority which… Audio

The ballot for the first Kiwibuild homes ready for sale to first-home buyers opens a week from today. It runs for four weeks with the winners expected to be in their Papakura houses by Christmas. RNZ… Audio

The government has announced $4.3 billion in spending for road safety, including median barriers, better intersections and road policing. Alex Perrotet interviews Transport Minister Phil Twyford. Video, Audio

The Anglican Church is calling for rules to govern rental property managers, saying some are deceitful and manipulative and too easily able to get away with illegal behaviour. The director of the… Audio

An Auckland family has been paying hundreds of dollars a week to live in a house with a swamp underneath it. Housing Minister Phil Twyford tells John Campbell it's a textbook case of why the rules… Video, Audio

Transport Minister Phil Twyford has told his officials to look at three recent bus crashes all involving Mitsubishi Fusos. Two people have died and many others have been injured in the string of… Audio

The government says work is now under way to develop new rules that will support a reduction in carbon emissions from aircraft. Transport Minister Phil Twyford says globally, aviation accounts for… Audio

A new public housing development in central Auckland will be able to accommodate more than three times as many households as the 60-year-old high rise it will replace. In a first, the new development… Audio

Couples earning up to $180,000 will be able to buy KiwiBuild homes, the government has announced. Requiring people to ballot for the homes would help to ensure those on lower incomes still have a good… Audio

A huge shortage of construction workers is not detering the new head of Kiwibuild, who reckons the Government will hit its target of building 6,000 affordable homes over the next two years. Stephen… Audio