Housing
House lending restrictions hit investors
Loans to investors fell to $1.15 billion in February - a third lower than a year ago - following lending rules brought in last year.
Motels given millions to house homeless
The government is defending its emergency housing grant scheme, after it was revealed some motels were paid more than $100,000 a month. Video, Audio
Land-bankers in Wellington mayor's sights
Wellington land owners who sit on empty land without developing it could be the target of new penalties, if the city's mayor gets his way.
Wellington considering fining slow property developers
Wellington mayor Justin Lester is considering penalising developers who don't build quick enough by way of financial penalties or targeted rates. Audio
Government spending emergency housing grant budget twice as fast as expected
Associate Minister for Social Housing, Alfred Ngaro, says the government is working on solutions to emergency accommodation, including purchasing motels. But only one motel has been purchased so far.
…Motels paid more than $100,000 a month in emergency housing grants
In the last three months of last year, five motels in South Auckland were paid more than $1 million to house the country's homeless. Video, Audio
How I forgave my 16-year-old self
36 years ago Richard Warwick was just a teenager when a one time experiment with petrol sniffing triggered a brain bleed. Lying in a hospital bed, he was told he'd never run again. This year he… Audio
Chinese enterprises in talks to house workers on cruise ship
Chinese are among the bidders lining up now for what amounts to the country's biggest ever infrastructure project, the $3.5 billion city rail link, as Phil Pennington reports. Audio
Firms look at cruise ship housing option for Auckland rail link workers
Chinese state-owned enterprises are in talks to house hundreds of workers on a cruise ship off Auckland if they win huge rail contracts.
Labour 'supremely patronising' over iwi's housing plan
An Auckland iwi has accused the Labour Party of being condescending over a bill that would allow it to build 300 houses on a reserve.
Quake-hit residents fear insurance woes
A family with water coming through the walls of their house is among Kaikōura residents who worry insurers will leave them short-changed.
300 apartments for Auckland waterfront
A Chinese developer behind the luxury Park Hyatt hotel wants to build about 330 apartments next door.
Quake-hit farmers face winter in damaged homes
Farmers living in caravans and quake-damaged homes urgently need suitable accommodation before winter, a support group says. Video
North Canterbury locals struggling after Kaikoura quake
Thirty properties are unlivable while another 170 have restricted access following the Kaikoura earthquake last year. RNZ reporter Conan Young reports from a town meeting. Video, Audio
Indebted households told to beware despite OCR on hold
Homeowners are being warned mortgage rates are likely to rise further after the Reserve Bank today kept the official cash rate at 1.75 percent. Audio
Quake-hit North Canterbury farmers in need of accomodation
Many farmers' homes have been red-stickered after the Kaikoura earthquake, but they say they can't leave because their farms aren't just their homes, they're their livelihoods Video, Audio
Housing the homeless
Julie Nelson of Housing First Auckland talks about a new scheme to house 400 homeless that was launched in Auckland today. Audio
A home of their own
A South Auckland couple with eight children saved $13,000 in five months to buy their own home. Audio
Don't fast-track homes that aren't affordable, council told
New housing under special legislation will cost much more than Nelson's median price of $470,000, the city's council has been told.
Tamaki housing agency should be managed locally says advocate
Community Housing advocate asks why the Tamaki Redevelopment Company is in such a hurry to sell off the arm which manages almost 3,000 tenancies, just a year after it was set up. Scott Figenshow says… Audio
