Housing
Austin Mitchell: 'Losing to the Tories is depressing'
Ex-UK Labour MP, Austin Mitchell shares his disdain at the UK election results and casts forward to what Prime Minister Boris Johnson must do now to get Brexit back on track and end austerity and cuts… Audio
Housing market heats up again amid low interest rates
The housing market is heating up again, with low interest rates driving prices up. Audio
Fewer house sales overall amid record price increases
House prices are on the rise again with record increases in 10 regions, but with fewer sales overall.
Living the high life on shaky ground
Charlie Dreaver investigates the issues around strengthening apartment buildings to make them more resilient to earthquakes. Video, Audio
Living the high life on shaky ground
Charlie Dreaver investigates the issues around strengthening apartment buildings to make them more resilient to earthquakes.
Video, AudioOur Changing World for 12 December 2019
Charlie Dreaver investigates apartments and earthquake resilience in 'Living the high life on shaky ground' & the chemical element vanadium. Audio
Portacabins on way to ease housing pressure in Hawke's Bay
Some 160 new homes to be built in Hastings over the next 18 months will simply replace those demolished under the previous government, the Housing Minister says.
Hawke's Bay social housing package welcomed by local leaders
Hawke's Bay's leaders say a new social housing package will help to reach their goal of ending homelessness within five years.
Housing Ministers Megan Woods and Nanaia Mahuta were in the region on… Audio
Overall pick-up in housing market
Residential property investors are showing a little more interest amid an overall pick-up in housing market sentiment. Audio
Helen Mirren criticises 'disturbing' global rise in homelessness
Oscar-winning British actor Helen Mirren has hit out against the "exponential rise in homelessness" as she prepared to sleep out in central London on Saturday (local time) as part of...
Sale of troubled subdivision expected to offset cost to ratepayers
The final chapter in the saga of a condemned housing development in Tauranga looks set to be completed soon with the properties going on the market.
Why We’re Hung Up And Two-Faced On Debt
Debt – it’s deep in the heart of our society and our economy. But we have an odd relationship with it. Bernard Hickey asks why we both fear debt and love it so much. Audio
House price national average passes $700k
The housing market is picking up again, with a shortage of listings and low interest rates driving up values.
'People are desperate' - Otago residents increasingly vulnerable
Some people in Dunedin are resorting to staying in violent relationships to keep a roof over their head.
Once-affordable Dunedin now facing growing numbers of homeless
Some people in Dunedin are resorting to staying in violent relationships to keep a roof over their head.
Others are couch-surfing or living in overcrowded conditions as the city struggles with… Audio
Northland housing woes: people living in trees, car ports, old cars
Some people say they are resorting to living in trees in order to get by, as rural communities in Northland say their whānau are crying out for easier access to suitable housing. Audio
Not a holiday - MPs in the Pacific: Day Five
A group of MPs spent five days travelling through Tonga and Fiji. Was it part of the job or tropical holiday? Daniela Maoate-Cox follows them through Fiji to find out. Audio
Not a holiday - MPs in the Pacific: Day Five
A group of MPs spent five days travelling through Tonga and Fiji. Was it part of the job or tropical holiday? Daniela Maoate-Cox follows them through Fiji to find out.
AudioAuckland housing affordability increases by 26 percent
Auckland Council's latest economic report shows the city's housing affordability has increased by 26 percent - the best in six years.
It says the unitary plan, a surge in industry capacity, income… Audio
Northland locals say they had to live in trees due to lack of housing
Harrowing stories about Northland's housing crisis have been revealed at a Hui in Whanagrei with some people saying they resorted to living in treehouses.
The Minister for Maori Development Nanaia… Audio
