Nick Smith

The Building and Construction Minister, Nick Smith, says regulating house prices to ensure a percentage being built are affordable is very difficult to achieve. Audio

The Environment Minister might've sold the Government's new water standards to make 90% of all rivers swimmable by 2040 to fellow MPs, but it appears the details are still as murky for ministry… Audio

The government is to spend $19 million on a range of initiatives to recycle used tyres. Every year five million used car tyres are generated in New Zealand, 70 per cent of which end up in landfills or… Audio

The Minister for Building and Construction said he'd asked his officials to contact councils and check whether any high-rise buildings in New Zealand have been built using these materials. The… Audio

Environment Minister Nick Smith has thrown his weight behind a plan to give the Waikoropupu Springs in Golden Bay the equivalent of National Park status. Audio

Most renters and potential first home buyers cannot afford their housing costs. But Building and Construction Minister Nick Smith maintains that the government's measures around housing provide a long… Audio

Before a bill passes its third reading it gets debated part by part and pulled apart clause by clause for hours by the committee of the whole house - this week was the Resource Legislation Amendment… Audio

An inquiry into the damage Statistics House incurred during the Kaikoura earthquake has found significant design flaws, and now the government wants other buildings to be checked. Video, Audio

Caravans, dental clinics and gymnasiums as classrooms, and a new law for the national spooks. Audio