Housing
'A lot of compromises being made' in scramble to get onto property ladder - expert
A first home buyer expert says people are having to take a different view to home ownership as a result of the current difficulties in the housing market. Audio
First home buyers unconvinced housing price growth will slow
With average house prices across New Zealand now exceeding one million dollars, pulling together a deposit and then servicing a mortgage underscores how challenging the market is, an expert in the… Audio
2021 saw house prices reach record highs - what will 2022 bring?
New figures show house prices rose at a record rate last year, growing a mammoth 27.6 per cent.
CoreLogic says that beats the previous growth record, experienced in 2003, of 24.4 per cent.
And it… Audio
Million dollar homes: Average house price exceeds $1m for first time
There was a 27.6 percent growth over 2021, breaking the previous record set in 2003 with a 24.4 percent growth.
Urban planners to review housing crisis, climate challenges
About 1000 urban planners will gather in Christchurch next year to discuss some of the country's biggest challenges, including housing affordability and climate change.
First-home values up, QV records 'bumper year' for property owners
Despite measures designed to cool the "action-packed" market, there has been no significant decline in home values, QV spokesperson Simon Petersen says.
'If we can just get a reprieve' - what Efeso Collins wishes for Christmas
From a basic universal income, to a home for all, Auckland councillor Efeso Collins knows what his community needs to thrive. Here, he shares his hopes and dreams for South Aucklanders.
The Panel with Verity Johnson and Mark Knoff-Thomas (Part 1)
Part 1: Panellists Verity Johnson and Mark Knoff-Thomas discuss the rise and rise of food banks and Christmas waste. Audio
Kiwi with the World Bank, tackling our housing crisis
Jane Henley left a senior job at the World Bank in Washington DC to return home to Aotearoa, where she's turned her energies to our housing crisis and the part off-site construction can play. She was… Audio
Kaimaumau residents glad to be back home
Kaimaumau residents are glad to be back home, after a wildfire came within 200 metres of their Far-North town.
They were evacuated at the weekend, and around 30 people and more than a dozen cats and… Audio
'A really, really tough process': Nelson homeless shelter to close after 35 years
An emergency accommodation provider in Nelson is closing, after more than three decades supporting the city's homeless men.
The Weekend Panel with Lynda Hallinan and Chris Wikaira
Joining us on the panel this morning are Lynda Hallinan and Chris Wikaira. Among other topics, they'll be discussing Omicron threatening to cast a shadow over Summer, and whether the tide is turning… Audio
Internal review launched over MSD spending on private rentals
The Minister of Social Development has launched an internal review after she missed several red flags around multimillion dollar spending on private rentals for the homeless.
The Auditor-General this… Video, Audio
Palmerston North council eyes bowling greens for housing
Two overgrown former bowling greens in Palmerston North are at the centre of a land-use debate pitting housing advocates against green-space defenders.
Bowling greens at centre of Palmerston North housing dispute
A couple of former bowling greens in Palmerston North are at the centre of a land-use dispute.
The council and housing advocates want them for housing - but the proposals haven't won universal… Audio
Māori trusts receive funding to provide 'whare for whānau'
New papakainga housing is set to be built in Ngāruawāhia to provide safe and affordable homes for local whānau.
MSD Minister Sepuloni denies knowledge of email obtained via OIA
The Social Development Minister is maintaining she did not learn about MSD funds being spent on private rentals until July 2020, despite an earlier email from the biggest supplier of private… Audio
Sepuloni pleads ignorance over MSD spending on private rentals
It's a multimillion-dollar ministerial blind spot that is being called into question. Opposition parties are demanding accountability after revelations millions of dollars was shelled out by the… Audio
$400m proposed development on track for former Dargaville racecourse
The mixed housing and light industrial development will see housing, light industry and a retirement village on the 46.7-hectare racecourse, two kilometres northeast of Dargaville.
Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown hits government coffers
The government's finances have taken a bigger than expected hit from the current Covid-19 outbreak.
