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Papakāinga plans could hinge on iwi-council relationship
Current rules largely restrict papakāinga to be integrated with marae.
![Flood of consents: Iwi seek resources to support relationship](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=793)
Flood of consents: Iwi seek resources to support relationship
Hearing told iwi and hapū need money to help decide and monitor consents.
![Where to go to escape Auckland's skyrocketing house prices](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Where to go to escape Auckland's skyrocketing house prices
Can you achieve work-life balance and pay less for your home?
![New Zealand's flashest homes: Take a moment to dream](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New Zealand's flashest homes: Take a moment to dream
Lockdown might even be a joy if you owned one of these stunning properties.
![Revealed: 2020's most expensive home and its All Black billionaire owners](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Revealed: 2020's most expensive home and its All Black billionaire owners
Luxury house sales boomed again in 2020 even without foreign buyers.
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Election 2020: What's the plan to tackle the housing crisis? Policies compared
How the main political parties plan to deal with house prices and a shortage of homes.
![Barfoot & Thompson, others call on National to back Healthy Homes standards](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Barfoot & Thompson, others call on National to back Healthy Homes standards
National wants to scrap new rental standards. Leading agent urges party to reconsider.
!['Deeply disappointing': Landlords advised to hold off on heating until election result](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Deeply disappointing': Landlords advised to hold off on heating until election result
Labour calls landlord advice 'deeply disappointing' and letting down their fellow Kiwis.
![House prices: Find out what your suburb's Auckland Council CV could have been](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
House prices: Find out what your suburb's Auckland Council CV could have been
Auckland Council delayed its three-yearly CV estimates. Here's what they could have been.
![The housing market change first-home buyers are begging for](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The housing market change first-home buyers are begging for
First-home buyers are battling to save deposits. This change could make a huge difference.
![Why house prices must fall - and why the news isn't all bad](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why house prices must fall - and why the news isn't all bad
Experts and investors take a deep dive into what to expect from post-Covid house prices.
![House prices tipped for 7% fall, despite lockdown success](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
House prices tipped for 7% fall, despite lockdown success
Westpac tips house prices to fall 7 per cent by the end of this year.
![$1.6m portfolio: Investor buys four properties by age 25](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$1.6m portfolio: Investor buys four properties by age 25
A young Kiwi isn't letting the coronavirus slow him down as he buys his fourth property.
![Almost 10 per cent tenants stopped paying rent or left rentals: landlords](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Almost 10 per cent tenants stopped paying rent or left rentals: landlords
Hardship for renters and landlords expected to get worse, property investors say.
![Workers on Avatar film accuse landlord of coronavirus profiteering](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Workers on Avatar film accuse landlord of coronavirus profiteering
Three film crew from Avatar's cancelled film set say landlord unfairly pocketed $20,000.
![Free or cheaper Airbnb rentals offered to coronavirus medical workers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Free or cheaper Airbnb rentals offered to coronavirus medical workers
Airbnb wants to match medical workers tackling coronavirus with safe places to stay.
![Tenants found moving house during lockdown warned by police](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tenants found moving house during lockdown warned by police
There is confusion over whether tenants and house sellers and buyers can move homes.
Property news around NZ
![Coronavirus rents: Thousands of Kiwi businesses might not have to pay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Coronavirus rents: Thousands of Kiwi businesses might not have to pay
Businesses and commercial property owners need to check their leases to see who pays.
![Landlords flooded with rent relief requests, tenants want Government help](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Landlords flooded with rent relief requests, tenants want Government help
Landlords and tenants urged to work together because both will need the other in downturn.
![House sale confusion: Can buyers move into their new houses?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
House sale confusion: Can buyers move into their new houses?
Settlements and house moving likely to be deferred but no official decision has been made.
![Coronavirus lockdown: Wave of uncertainty sweeps NZ property market](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Coronavirus lockdown: Wave of uncertainty sweeps NZ property market
New Zealand's lockdown has raised more questions than answers in the housing market.
![Auckland first-home buyers at greatest risk from coronavirus pain: experts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Auckland first-home buyers at greatest risk from coronavirus pain: experts
Banks are urging any customers hit financially by the crisis to contact them early.
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ANZ offers NZ's lowest ever home loan rate from a major bank
Bank drops one-year fixed home loan rate to 3.05 per cent.