Housing
Father, sick son desperate to find housing
A Te Puke man living in a $200 a week cabin with his sick four-year-old son says he's desperate to find them a home. Audio
Housing NZ details exit strategy from Queenstown
A memo from Housing New Zealand details an exit strategy for its presence in Queenstown, relating to the sale last month of a former state house. Audio
Queenstown social housing questioned
A memo from Housing NZ suggests Queenstown's "resort/lifestyle environment" is "incompatible" with social housing, prompting anger from providers.
Akl's skyline set to change with 52-storey apartment building
A 52-storey skyscraper with more than two hundred and twenty apartments and studios is set to tower over Auckland City. Audio
Auckland's tallest residential high-rise given go-ahead
Auckland's skyline is set to change, as resource consent to build the tallest residential tower is granted. But will developments like this help with affordability in Auckland? And are droves of us… Audio, Gallery
$5000 grant won't work for everyone - Bennett
A $5000 grant to help lure state housing tenants out of Auckland will not be suitable for everyone, Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett says. Video, Audio
16yo with cancer grateful for new home
A family of six - one with cancer - is the latest to be found a home after arriving at Te Puea Marae, but the marae says it can't continue its efforts forever. Video
Teenager B's family to move into house
A teenager with cancer, her four siblings and their father will move into a new home tomorrow thanks to the work of volunteers at Te Puea marae in Mangere. Audio
Minister responds to criticism of relocation grant
A social housing trust has today urged Auckland families not to take up a government relocation handout because it's setting them up to fail. Video, Audio
Meeting B at Te Puea marae
A sixteen-year-old girl suffering from cancer has made headlines after she and her family moved up to Auckland for her treatment and were forced to live at Te Puea marae. Video, Audio
Second-generation homeless seek help
More people without homes whose parents also faced homelessness are seeking help, Auckland emergency housing provider DePaul House says.
No takers for relocation grant
They're not exactly queuing up for the government's $5000 relocation grant to get them into houses out of Auckland. Audio
Crone would hike rates on empy Auckland baches
Auckland bach owners who do not use their places frequently would be hit with a massive rate hike under a policy proposed by mayoral candidate Vic Crone. Audio
Demand for community housing in Auckland is "overwhelming"
The Prime Minister John Key says the government's relocation grant for Aucklanders in social housing enables them to move somewhere that 'suits their lifestyle.' Audio
Govt social housing relocation scheme criticised - PM responds
The Government's scheme to pay state housing tenants and homeless people to leave Auckland begins today. Audio
Auckland mayoral contender Crone targets unoccupied homes
Auckland mayoral candidate Vic Crone wants to impose extra rates on empty houses, commercial buildings and land to help solve the city's housing shortage. Audio
Concerns about Auckland social housing relocation scheme
The government's scheme to pay state housing tenants and homeless people to move out of Auckland begins today but exactly how it's going to work remains unclear. Audio
Goff responds to Crone's housing shortage solution
An Auckland mayoral candidate wants to tag on additional rate charges for empty houses, commercial buildings and land to help solve the city's housing shortage. Audio
Crone targets unoccupied homes
An Auckland mayoral candidate wants to impose extra rates on empty houses, commercial buildings and land to help solve the city's housing shortage.
$5000 for moving to regions starts tomorrow
The 130 inquiries the government has received about a $5000 grant to move from Auckland shows it will help only a small minority, the Salvation Army says.
