So much, so fast, all at once: Govt moves at breathtaking pace on housing market
Massive reforms are under way: what do people think, what's the reaction, what effect?
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Kāinga Ora re-housing tenants after 'major' fire in central Wellington flats
The housing agency was 'very concerned' to learn about the fire late yesterday afternoon.
'Not a socialist charity': How $35k bike cage at state housing site was funded
The storage cage designer was given a brief to design something no one could break into.
Letters: US politics and the right to bear arms; pay police properly
OPINION: In America, gun violence is commonplace.
Fire at Kāinga Ora accommodation block in Wellington suspicious
Emergency services were alerted to the blaze in Church St at 6pm.
Nothing’s changed since crackdown on unruly tenants - Kāinga Ora resident
Cheyne Smith describes his time in Kāinga Ora homes as a 'nightmare'.
Property Insider: How to still get $10k off a new house; apartment prices cut by 25%
One company is offering eligible buyers money for deposits so they can afford a house.
Simon Wilson: Why are we losing our minds over 15 free bicycles?
OPINION: Spurious 'economic necessity' claims undermine environment and efficiency goals.
Kāinga Ora evictions to rise in crackdown on unruly tenants
The Housing Minister expects the housing agency to evict an increasing number of people.
'Hugely inappropriate': $110k trial gives Kāinga Ora tenants free use of e-bikes
NZTA says a library of e-bikes and pushbikes is having 'significant positive impacts'.
Opinion: Size matters – why new housing rules risk cheap builds, shoebox apartments
OPINION: Will removing minimum dwelling sizes result in poor-quality housing? Yes.
Arena Williams: Now is the worst time for Govt to cut public housing funding
OPINION: New Zealand is lurching towards a historic construction sector slump.
Controversial Kāinga Ora housing development paused
But the agency is still continuing with the resource consent process and site clearance.
'Rich mates': Govt puts Rotorua on 'fast track' to more homelessness - Waititi
It comes after Kāinga Ora said 110 planned new homes in the city were being 'reassessed'.
Editorial: We need houses, but not at the expense of our food bowls
OPINION: The Government needs to be careful about an open slather approach to housing.
How much Japanese-owned top 10 commercial builder made from NZ in latest year
First job: A landmark 57-level luxury tower between Commerce and Gore streets.
Minister announces new Kāinga Ora board, lays out ‘expectations’
The government has announced a refreshed board for the housing agency.
'Brakes' go on 110 Kāinga Ora homes in 'priority' city as hundreds still promised
'It had to slow up really, they couldn’t keep building at the same pace,' says a builder.
Letters: Forget fines for street racers – impound their cars instead
OPINION: 'I suspect a number of them already have unpaid fines.'
Builders want government help to smooth troughs of construction industry
While consents are down 29%, more trained builders will be needed soon in Northland.
Kāinga Ora's new chairman at odds with PM over performance
Kāinga Ora chief executive Andrew McKenzie has resigned.
Kāinga Ora CEO resigns, will get $365k payout - Govt changes 'not what he signed up for'
The Government announced sweeping changes at the agency in May.
New Zealand’s 10 busiest builders
Winners of highest value of construction projects in 2023: BCI Central names top 10 in NZ.
Build Partners collapse: Who wants $12.7m from construction company?
The amount is far worse than the approximately $5m initially thought to be owed.
Kāinga Ora: Can New Zealand’s largest landlord survive?
It’s been five years since social housing in New Zealand was put under Kāinga Ora.
Former PM calls out Kāinga Ora criticisms, says it has been 'unfairly targeted'
'I think there's been a bit of a beat-up here.'
Builder failed working for Kāinga Ora, liquidators now trying to recover money
BNZ, Fletchers, Carters, Steel & Tube, plumbers and roofers are among those owed money.
The $2b social housing cliff no one is talking about
The social housing sector is blighted by a fiscal cliff that creates haves and have-nots.
'Take back Fenton St': New homeless motel plan revealed
Four motels used for emergency housing are being cut.
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Budget build-up: Cookies over sausage rolls - Luxon and Willis say they're 'ready to deliver'
Today, the Government puts its money where its mouth is.
Simon Wilson: Five ways for Nicola Willis to make the Budget look good
OPINION: Some of the biggest things the Finance Minister could do would cost very little.
'Like containers' – new Chinese-built apartments shock Sandringham
Kingsway Ave is a street of mainly older wooden Californian-style bungalows.
'Financially sustainable': Kāinga Ora pushes back on Sir Bill English report
Some of the draft findings were inaccurate and incorrect: agency.
What the Kāinga Ora report means for Rotorua and the hundreds of planned home builds
There are at least 330 new Kāinga Ora homes budgeted for the city by mid-2025.