Housing

"Renters, it's time to tell it like it is," Auckland Central's MP Chlöe Swarbrick says.

The Green Party are today launching a campaign asking for people to submit their stories of what they call… Audio

The government's at-least $1 billion buyout scheme for flood ruined homes has left councils scratching their heads about how much of tab they'll be picking up, and where the cash is coming from.

The… Video, Audio

Flood-ravaged West Aucklanders are rejoicing after the government announced it will offer buyout options to people whose land is too risky to rebuild on.

Of the roughly seven-hundred homes that won't… Audio

East Coast iwi are waiting for more details on the government's plan to buyout property owners whose land cannot be rebuilt on.

Cyclone Recovery Minister Grant Robertson says he expects the details… Audio

The Insurance Council is welcoming the Government's proposal to fund residential recovery in the wake of the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle.

So far, there have been more than 100-thousand… Audio

In Auckland, about 400 properties won't be rebuilt and owners will be bought out by the Government.

But homeowners have to wait until June 12th to find out how their houses have been categorised.

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Uncertainty remains for many North Island residents whose homes were hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland floods.

Councils have now begun to categorize storm-hit homes in one of three… Audio

National has criticised the Government's latest storm and cyclone recovery plan, saying there are more questions than answers.

The Government has announced a joint initiative with councils to buy out… Audio

A sigh of relief at the eleventh hour for Auckland homeowners with flood and cyclone-damaged properties.

The council's told some residents that they won't need to pay rates for their uninhabitable… Audio

Thousands of homeowners have been told they're unable to be rebuild on their properties post-cyclone Gabrielle.

The government says initial indications show this will be the case for about 700… Audio

Hundreds of people whose homes were wrecked by Cyclone Gabrielle have just found out if they are going to be able to rebuild on their flood damaged property. More than two hundred homes in flood-hit… Audio

Hundreds of people whose homes were wrecked by Cyclone Gabrielle will find out today if they're able to rebuild on their flood damaged property.

The Cyclone Recovery Minister said on Tuesday that… Audio

The fall in house prices may have bottomed out, according to latest housing data from realestate.co.nz.

The data suggests average asking prices may have hit the low point following what it calls a… Audio

Millions of dollars of cyclone recovery funds are set to be returned to the Government.

$30 million was allocated to the Hawke's Bay Chamber of Commerce to distribute to locals in need, but only 87%… Audio