Phil Twyford

The prefab industry says it's at a critical tipping point, as it waits for the Government's promised building reforms to get underway. Industry leaders have just met in a bid to solve the problems… Audio

The Transport Minister Phil Twyford says the decision to force Kiwirail to backtrack on its decision to ditch its electric locomotives was a no-brainer. In October the Government announced it was… Audio

The Housing Minister Phil Twyford has announced a raft of new rules for rental properties, with a strong focus on heating and insulation. Landlords are being given until July 2024 to install ceiling… Audio

The number of people waiting for state housing has increased by nearly five-thousand people over the past year. The Housing Register is now at 10-thousand 712 people, up from just over 6-thousand in… Audio

The Prime Minister is backing her Housing Minister, Phil Twyford, despite his admission that the Kiwibuild programme will fall well short of its first-year target of one-thousand homes. Six months… Audio

The Prime Minister is standing by Housing Minister Phil Twyford. Mr Twyford came under pressure after on Wednesday morning, admitting the KiwiBuild target would not be reached. More than six months… Audio

The government is under pressure to make a significant dent in the housing shortage this year. This week a report found New Zealand is one of the most unaffordable countries in the world to buy a… Audio

Politicians believe a series of secret recordings being made public are more a sign of bad working relationships, than a worrying upward trend. Former staff of National MP Maggie Barry's are the… Audio

Housing Minister Phil Twyford says government agencies are trying to track down the hundreds of people wrongly evicted from Housing New Zealand homes so they can get compensation. Fifty-five people… Audio

Fifty-five people who were wrongly evicted from their Housing New Zealand homes will today get an average of almost $8000 each in compensation, and a formal apology. It is the first in a series of… Audio

The Transport Agency has banned another vehicle inspection business over its poor Warrant of Fitness assessments. Westland Automotive and Tyre in Auckland was suspended and its director Akram Zakeri… Video, Audio

Housing Minister Phil Twyford says National's Judith Collins has targeted a young couple online over how they became eligible for a Kiwibuild home. The couple have shut down their social media… Video, Audio

Questions have been raised about KiwiBuild eligibility after a graduate doctor and a marketing manager became the owners of one of the new homes. They're among eighteen families welcomed into their… Audio

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed to never introduce another regional fuel tax as long as she's in charge. But National is accusing the Prime Minister of making policy up on the hoof… Audio

Construction will start today on the first apartments in the next step in the Government's KiwiBuild programme. The 25 Onehunga properties are available to eligible buyers and are part of the Buying… Audio

The government has announced plans to demolish about 3000 state homes in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill and build about 10,000 new homes in their place. The development is almost identical to… Audio