State Housing
Cross party support to build 1,000 state homes in Auckland
A rare moment of consensus during what's been a very fractious election campaign: Labour, National and the Greens all pledging to build 1,000 state homes a year in Auckland if elected. But are the… Audio
Nearly 500 Auckland state houses damaged in floods
Almost five hundred Auckland state houses have suffered flood damage with an unknown number destined for demolition. Some of those badly damaged homes are virtually new, only completed in 2019. Now… Audio
Punk Economist: 'The most prudent thing to do now is spend'
One of the world's most high-profile economists says the only way New Zealand will stop its burgeoning housing market being a driver of inequality is through wealth taxes. Audio
Worms in the burbs
A micro-farming movement in the Hutt Valley is helping to feed hundreds of local people. Urban Kai set up by The Common Unity Project involves keen gardeners, state house tenants and inmates at… Video, Audio
Worms in the burbs
A micro-farming movement in the Hutt Valley is helping to feed hundreds of local people. Urban Kai set up by The Common Unity Project involves keen gardeners, state house tenants and inmates at…
Video, Audio10: Boom & Bust
With World War I and the flu epidemic past, the good times rolled through the 1920s. Then came the bust of the Great Depression, prompting widespread poverty - that was worse for some - and the rise… Audio
Govt ministers silent on disabled teen’s need for accessible HNZ home
Five different government ministers have refused interviews or were unavailable to talk about a severely disabled teen's family's seven year wait for a fully accessible house. Meanwhile, HNZ says it's… Audio
'It's a miracle ... finally I've got a home and I'm very happy'
A family of six, including a sick baby, who have been living in a one-bedroom house - despite medical advice the accommodation was unsuitable - have moved into a state house. Lisa Owen and cameraman… Video, Audio
Working poor: The long, excruciating wait for a state house
An Auckland social worker says the wait for state housing is putting young lives at risk, including a Mangere family of six, who have spent the last four years jammed into a one-bedroom private… Video, Audio
HNZ tenants evicted over meth tests on cusp of receiving compo
The first state house tenants kicked out of their homes due to flawed meth testing are about to have their compensation claims paid out after Cabinet signed off on a regulation change. Video, Audio
'It's absolutely cruel to leave these tenants hanging'
An anti-poverty advocate is shocked a stumbling block to compensating state house tenants wrongly evicted for meth contamination has only just been flagged. Audio
HNZ to compensate hundreds of tenants evicted over meth tests
Hundreds of state house tenants are in line for compensation after being booted out of their homes on the basis of flawed methamphetamine tests, but National has fired back, saying it acted on the… Audio
Meth eviction compo 'an absolute joke' - tenant
People unfairly evicted from their homes during the flawed meth testing debacle may also be reimbursed from the Ministry of Social Development for the money they spent on emergency accommodation. Video, Audio
National MP queries social housing in high-value suburb
Housing New Zealand should have consulted neighbours before buying land in Whangārei for social housing, National MP Shane Reti says.
Nervous wait for tenants over meth compensation
People who've been needlessly booted out of state houses due to meth hysteria now face a nervous wait to find out if they'll get any compensation. Lawyers are struggling to find any legal options for… Audio
Taxpayers funded meth decontamination for private homes
The taxpayer has paid potentially millions of dollars in free renovations to private homeowners as a result of Housing New Zealand's botched campaign against methamphetamine contamination. Audio
HNZ tenants won’t get compo for flawed meth testing
Housing Minister Phil Twyford has been labelled a hypocrite for refusing to apologise or compensate tenants who were kicked out of their HNZ houses because of flawed meth testing guidelines. Video, Audio
Govt ends state housing relocation grant
The grant paid to tenants who move out of Auckland simply shifted state housing pressure to other parts of the country, the government says.
State house tenants to be allowed pets
State house tenants will soon be allowed to keep pets, the government says.
Advocate says families being kicked out after taking in homeless
A community housing group says families in Napier are being kicked out of their rentals because they are taking in homeless people, but Housing NZ denies the accusation.
