Wellington City Council is teaming up with developers to convert an inner-city building into "affordable apartments" in an effort to tackle the capital's growing housing crisis - at no additional cost to ratepayers. The pilot partnership is understood to be the first...

The units – ranging between one and four bedrooms – occupy part of the former Arlington Apartments site in Mount Cook, the Council’s largest social housing site. Mayor Justin Lester joined representatives of local iwi, Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika, in a...