Labour’s plan has three main elements: • An Affordable Housing Authority that will cut through red tape to deliver large-scale master-planned communities • 100,000 new affordable homes for first home buyers, with 50% in Auckland • A tax on speculators by extending the...

“This SHA is spread across 51 hectares of greenfield land on Ladies Mile in Queenstown. The proposed development includes a retirement village comprising independent villas, serviced apartments and staff accommodation units, plus a 72-bed rest-home care facility. “The...

Build it... but can they come in? There are now numerous schemes underway to address the apparent 'housing crisis' including new infrastructure funding, social housing projects, emergency housing developments, special housing areas, reviews on productivity, possible...

John Key told the National Party conference the government was already doing a great deal to try to increase housing supply.Photo:RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly The Government will have to borrow the $1bn for its contestable fund, which would increase net debt until it...