Haumaru Housing celebrates first anniversary

Jul 2, 2018 | News

Haumaru Housing is an Auckland-based social housing provider that provides 1,400 affordable rental units for older Aucklanders. To celebrate the milestone, Haumaru Housing is hosting a series of special morning and afternoon tea events at its villages across Auckland...

Twyford hopes Kiwibuild will drive down construction costs

Jun 29, 2018 | News

At a media briefing today, Twyford said the government wants to trim building costs for Kiwibuild with productivity improvements such as prefabrication. Construction companies “want to expand the industry, they want to build more, and they know there’s a...

Ensuring a sustainable construction workforce for NZ

Jun 28, 2018 | News

“This is a critical issue so we must work with urgency,” says Jenny Salesa. “That is why I am leading the Ministerial Group on the Construction Workforce, which has developed a Construction Skills Action Plan to build a sustainable construction workforce for New...

Making it easier to build a workforce to build our houses

Jun 28, 2018 | News

·The Government is proposing changes to make it easier for the building and construction industry to employ workers from overseas and help build the houses and infrastructure that New Zealand desperately needs, says Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway. “We have...