Housing
Affordable housing wait lists still growing in Queenstown and Wanaka
The waiting list for assistance from the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust is continuing to grow despite Covid-19 finally bringing rocketing rental prices back to earth.
Skyrocketing house prices: Economist says Reserve Bank, govt, trying to address pandemic
Kiwibank's chief economist says the RBNZ inflated house prices on purpose in their efforts to boost the post-pandemic economy - but the Covid-19 recession has put NZ in an unusual position. Audio
Transition Engineering conference: Susan Krumdieck
Engineering, tech, business and science are coming together to talk about renewable energy systems and how to transition to net zero within ten years. The Convergence for a carbon transition 2020-2030… Audio
Reining in runaway housing prices: who can do what?
The Finance Minister, Grant Robertson wrote to the Reserve Bank yesterday asking it to consider what it can do to keep house prices in check, when it considers monetary policy.This is in addition to… Audio
Reserve Bank inflated house prices to boost economy- Economist
Kiwibank's chief economist says the Reserve Bank inflated house prices on purpose in their efforts to boost the post-pandemic economy.
New Zealand's overheated housing market was the subject of a… Audio
Wellingtonians on Government, Reserve Bank stoush
Finance Minister Grant Robertson wants the Reserve Bank to tell him if house price stability should be a bigger part of the bank's thinking.
Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr says he'll get back to… Audio
Affordable housing wait lists still growing in Queenstown and Wanaka
Covid-19 has brought an end to the rocketing rental prices in Queenstown and Wanaka but the waiting list for affordable housing continues to grow.
While those on the frontline of what was described… Audio
Orr defends approach tackling inflation amid runaway house prices
Adrian Orr says his anti-inflation focus is already doing what the government seeks, while an economist says adding house prices into the Reserve Bank's tool box may not make much of a difference.
Reserve Bank could do more on housing prices - Robertson
The Government's plea for help to cool the housing market has had a tepid response from the Reserve Bank.
It's told Finance Minister Grant Robertson it already takes house prices into consideration… Audio
Reserve Bank should interfere in hot housing market
The Government is calling on the Reserve Bank to step up and help cool the piping-hot housing market as it tries to push prices down. Many commentators had predicted house prices would plummet as a… Audio
Govt calls Reserve Bank to help cool surging house prices
The government is looking to conscript the Reserve Bank to help check the skyrocketing price of housing in New Zealand.
The central bank's been copping some blame as cheap credit driven by record low… Audio
Council, IANZ to decide compliance certificates for work done years ago
A building watchdog is intervening to make sure problems with key consent documents are handled fairly in Wairarapa.
Napier City Council to review flood response
Napier City Council has announced a review into the response to the floods that crippled the city this month.
The one-in-250 year torrential rain that battered Napier left behind more than 50… Audio
Could taxing land-banking encourage more development?
The Prime Minister is signalling she wants something to be done about land-banking.
At her post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Jacinda Ardern said many were infuriated by the extent of the practice.
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Consumer NZ pushing Commerce Commission to investigate AirBnB, Bachcare
Consumer New Zealand wants the Commerce Commission to investigate Airbnb and Bachcare over what it describes as unfair cancellation terms.
Consumer Chief executive Jon Duffy says the booking sites'… Audio
Iwi and protesters fight for Shelly Bay
Iwi members and a protest group are promising they're in for the long haul, for an occupation of Wellington's contentious seaside development Shelly Bay.Yesterday, the Mau Whenua group pitched their… Video, Audio
Wellington iwi begins occupation at Shelly Bay
Iwi members and a protest group have spent their first night occupying land at Wellington's contentious seaside development Shelly Bay.
The Weekend Panel with Bill Ralston & Lavina Good
Our panellists discuss Tauranga mayor Tenby Powell's resignation, diversity in the workplace, the lingering impact of Covid-19 and Tourism minister Stuart Nash's contention that NZ should be focusing… Audio
Rental crisis in flood-hit Napier: 'There is just no housing basically'
Portable cabins could be used to house hundreds of people left homeless by flooding and slips in Napier last week.
First home buyers hit record high in market share - report
For 2020 to date, first home buyers make up 24 percent of the market share, up from an average share of 21 percent, according to a CoreLogic report.