Shelter Gives Homeless Women a Safe Place to Sleep This Winter

Jul 10, 2018 | News

The Auckland City Mission’s Te Whare Manaaki Wāhine women’s shelter provides safe, welcoming, and temporary accommodation for women starting from Sunday 1 July. With construction on the City Mission’s new Mission HomeGround redevelopment due to start in October, the...

​ Supportive housing in central Auckland

Jul 10, 2018 | News

The Minister, and Housing New Zealand deputy board chair Vui Mark Gosche, this morning unveiled plans to build 280 new purpose built apartments with on-site wrap-around health and support services. These will replace 87 units on the site built more than 60 years ago....

​Door opens to affordable home ownership

Jul 5, 2018 | News

“Today is a milestone in the Government’s ambitious programme to restore affordable homeownership. “With the first KiwiBuild homes on track to be completed shortly and many more in the pipeline, we are now at a stage where the KiwiBuild Unit can open its doors and...

Kiwis want KiwiBuild

Jul 5, 2018 | News

“The KiwiBuild Unit officially opened its doors to the public today, and they didn’t so much as enter, but break the door down,” Phil Twyford said “By 10am this morning 1000 registrations had been received, 2800 by lunchtime, and 5950 by 4.45pm. At one point the...

Haumaru Housing celebrates first anniversary

Jul 2, 2018 | News

Haumaru Housing is an Auckland-based social housing provider that provides 1,400 affordable rental units for older Aucklanders. To celebrate the milestone, Haumaru Housing is hosting a series of special morning and afternoon tea events at its villages across Auckland...

Twyford hopes Kiwibuild will drive down construction costs

Jun 29, 2018 | News

At a media briefing today, Twyford said the government wants to trim building costs for Kiwibuild with productivity improvements such as prefabrication. Construction companies “want to expand the industry, they want to build more, and they know there’s a...