Govt announces 3-4k new homes in first major KiwiBuild move

Mar 26, 2018 | News

Some 29.3 hectares of bare and developed land will be acquired in an arrangement that will see the Crown develop the area in concert with iwi of the Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau collective, an urban Maori representative body that has held rights of first refusal...

​Q+A: Minister Phil Twyford interviewed by Corin Dann

Mar 26, 2018 | News

It is located at the Unitec site in Mt Albert. ‘It’s going to be the site of an exciting new urban development project that will see probably between 3000 and 4000 new homes built there.’ I would hope that we’d see between 30 and 40% KiwiBuild affordable homes for...

KiwiBuild can’t do it alone, says CHA

Mar 26, 2018 | News

Chief Executive Scott Figenshow says today’s announcement the Government is buying Unitec’s Mt Albert campus site to build up to 4000 homes is a great step towards ensuring all New Zealanders are well-housed The development will be a mix of affordable KiwiBuild homes...

Targeted housing support for Mangere

Mar 23, 2018 | News

“While this project was initiated under the previous government, the current government welcomes its opening. More public housing means less families in desperate living conditions. “The five homes in this development will cater to mainly Maori and Pacific families....

Mayor and MP welcome positive step in Hutt City housing

Mar 23, 2018 | News

The meeting was to discuss Housing NZ’s (HNZ) plans to build 300 new units in Lower Hutt and also refurbish existing stock. Mayor Wallace says he welcomes the project as it will provide much needed, high-quality housing stock in Lower Hutt, and contribute...