People desensitised to poverty

Aug 20, 2015 | News

The Child Poverty Action Group is calling for more support to be given to low income whānau to get into healthy and affordable homes. It is launching a campaign to enforce the need for a Warrant of Fitness for rental housing. George Makapatana, who has had 11-years of...
Roy Morgan Research poll

Roy Morgan Research poll

Jul 17, 2015 | Research

The poll conducted on 17 July shows National down 6.5% in the opinion polls and Labour up 6%. According to the poll: “A slowing New Zealand economy (New Zealand’s GDP growth slowed to 0.2% in the March Quarter 2015 – the slowest New Zealand growth in two years) is...

Increase in number of people renting

Jul 16, 2015 | News

The number of people in their early 30s who own their own home has dropped from half in 2001 to about a third. Read this Radio New Zealand Insight Programme article.