Papakāinga provides refuge in time of need
The Minister has attended the opening and blessing of five two-bedroom, pre-fabricated homes at Kōkōhīnau Marae today. The $2.7 million development was carried out with funding support from the Te Puni Kōkiri Māori Housing Network and the Ministry of Business,...Urban sprawl eating up NZ’s productive land – report
A report out today, called Our Land 2018, shows New Zealand’s urban sprawl is eating up some of the country’s most versatile land. It highlights that between 1990 and 2008, 29 percent of new urban areas were built on some of the country’s most...New Council housing under way in Akaroa
A whakawatea (blessing) and ground-breaking ceremony was held today at the Council’s Bruce Terrace housing complex, where three existing units will be demolished to make way for five new ones. The old units, which were temporarily repaired following the Christchurch...Spanbild buys Mike Greer Homes in Concision factory partnership
Spanbild, whose suite of brands include Versatile Homes & Buildings, Ideal Buildings and Totalspan Steel Buildings, today said it acquired MGHs’ 50 percent stake in New Zealand Panelised Building Systems, trading as Concision, for an undisclosed sum. The...Housing First Auckland City Centre one year on …
Launched in March 2017, Lifewise and Auckland City Mission are working with mostly single rough sleepers in the City Centre who are known to their services and who have been homeless for many years. “We’ve had a really good response rate to the programme with 86% of...KiwiBuild meets IwiBuild
The summit is an opportunity for Auckland iwi and Māori providers to discuss housing issues with key ministers. It will be attended by Hon Phil Twyford (Minister for Housing and Urban Development) and Hon Nanaia Mahuta (Minister for Māori Development). A key focus...