Housing

The home at Kiwitea, near Feilding, now lends itself to agritourism due to its quiet and accessible location.

The deadline is looming for landlords, but what can you do if yours hasn't met it?

The study found that 3 years after moving into public housing, alleged offences and court charges among young people reduced by 11.7 percent and 10.9 percent more than the general population.

A desperate father moved into a storage unit in an industrial zone with his 5yo daughter, paying $430 a week for space with no fresh air or natural light.

The housing agency has identified 212 projects producing 3479 houses that will not proceed for "financial sustainability" reasons.

Wellington City Council has agreed to spend nearly half a million dollars on the "homelessness coordination service".

The projects would have included 3500 homes, as the state housing provider also sells a fifth of its vacant land.

The number of homes constructed rose from 10,200 in 2018 to a record 18,100 in 2023.

Another bank has cut its one-year fixed term rate to 4.89 percent, the lowest advertised rate in the market.

Heritage NZ is "deeply disappointed" at the Wellington building's seemingly imminent demolition and says refurbishment is still achievable.

Minister Tama Potaka says the first he heard of victims being turned away from emergency accommodation was in the House.

The Gordon Wilson Flats have been sitting empty since 2012 and can now be demolished.

Quotable Value operations manager James Wilson says prices and sales were not changing much - but there were signs of tentative confidence.