Social housing concerns spark record public meeting in Kerikeri
Kāinga Ora a no-show as almost 800 people crowd into venue and another 375 follow online.
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Thousands of state houses on flood prone land, more going up
More than 15 per cent of state housing is on flood-prone land.
Who wants $14.9m from biggest builder to fail this year?
Name anything you see happening on a building site and those supplying stuff are on list.
Lifting the lid on Scarbro failure: Construction companies owe $14m
Biggest NZ builder to declare insolvency this year: McGrathNicol says who's owed what.
Apartment pioneer caught up in Scarbro liquidation - what's next?
Leuschke Group designed the complex with 112 residences, 12 apartments and seven shops.
Scarbro liquidator: Building sites being transferred back to customers
Information about the failure due out on Monday, explaining the fate of around 60 staff.
Compact housing likely in another Kāinga Ora purchase
Housing agency still mulling plans for the site but says it’s ideal for compact homes.
Northland public housing stock increasing again
Number of public homes hit a low in 2017; building now starting to accelerate.
Project Auckland: Resilience key in housing - Kāinga Ora
The recent floods have made Kāinga Ora determined to push on with future-proofed housing.
Thousands of state homes sit empty, maintenance budget up $410m
State homes are being brought to Healthy Homes standards - but some are empty.
Scarbro was building 89 apartments for state's Kāinga Ora when it failed
Another major building firm calls in liquidators.
Big builder in liquidation after series of adverse events
Four big problems have devastated the company's ability to trade.
Questions raised about the future of Napier’s Carnell St ‘star flats’
The Kainga Ora properties are set to be demolished, but residents want to know why.
18 months to build pensioner flats as housing shortage deepens in Tararua
The flats were expected to have been finished by July, but are still not ready.
‘So blessed’: Families move into new homes after living in cars, emergency housing
Five-home complex on Rankin St first new social housing built in Kaikohe in decades.
Kāinga Ora explains new housing development at public consultations
Calls for the public to be positive about social housing development in Whangārei.
Fifty new public homes for Hawke’s Bay
Kāinga Ora is hosting three information sessions on the projects.
Cyclone can’t stop much-needed Wairoa housing development
The earthworks for housing two years in the making will begin in Cyclone-struck Wairoa.
‘Sold out in 3 minutes’: How 66 new Northcote apartments sold in 2021
"By 9.05am, 260 qualified buyers were waiting to buy."
35 new public houses to be delivered in Whangārei by mid-2024
Nine of the homes will be developed for those with mobility needs.
Kāinga Ora buys 1.6-hectare plot in Aramoho for housing
Number and type of homes still to be finalised.
Family escapes as fire destroys home in Ōtāngarei
Cause uncertain, but child playing with cigarette lighter a possibility.
Habitat for Humanity opens community housing project in 'our flashest town'
The need for housing has soared due to factors like skyrocketing property prices.
Kāinga Ora to demolish almost 30 state houses due to Auckland flood damage
Almost 600 Auckland state houses were damaged in total.
$200m plans: Fletcher Residential's vision for 306 new Auckland homes
Overseas Investment Office consent was needed by Fletcher Residential.
Kāinga Ora to demolish flood-damaged homes in Māngere, but won’t say how many
Some affected tenants are still waiting for answers one month on from flooding.
Kāinga Ora plans for Whanganui East draw negative reaction
Feedback on planned developments in Gonville and Tawhero was mostly positive.
Why a mum with five kids loves living at a new Kāinga Ora housing complex
Locals are being asked for feedback on Kāinga Ora's Ranolf St and Malfroy Rd complex.
As the number of homeless in motels halves, locals say Rotorua's positive ‘vibe’ is returning
Rotorua residents say there's a positive impact of having fewer homeless living in motels.
'We just want to know what happened to dad': Man found dead at house
The man was a 'hard-working, loving, caring' father-of-three, his son says.
Police investigating death, serious injury at Christchurch home
Police trying to establish how the person died after being called to the Bryndwr home.
No more emergency housing: New owner spends $500k-plus renovating motel
Units refurbished to cater for visitors to Rotorua.
Unruly neighbours move after ‘nightmarish’ year, Kāinga Ora admits mistakes
Kāinga Ora has admitted it could have acted faster to solve problems with tenants.
Neighbours backlash: Kāinga Ora puts Millwater project on hold
The development on Bonair Cres has been controversial since the beginning.