Show homes are easy, breezy

Mar 9, 2018 | Member profiles

EasyBuild’s modular homes were first developed in the 1980s, with hundreds being built then. With housing affordability becoming such an important issue for New Zealanders of late, EasyBuild relaunched in 2017 with new designs or current codes and preferences....

Phil Twyford opens EasyBuild show home village

Mar 8, 2018 | News

EasyBuild, the New Zealand prefabricated home provider, today welcomed Minister for Housing, Hon. Phil Twyford, to its Masterton factory to open a new show home village. EasyBuild’s prefabricated homes offer an innovative homegrown solution to New Zealand’s current...

Mayor, Ministers And Industry Unite to Build More Houses in Auckland

Mar 8, 2018 | News

The commitment sees the Mayor’s Housing Taskforce, a multi-sector group comprising private sector housing supply organisations and public sector agencies, become a key forum for reviewing, developing and assisting with the implementation of housing policy to better...

Demonstration aims to push Auckland Council into addressing homelessness

Mar 8, 2018 | News

This is despite the opening of additional emergency housing units including those being run by The Salvation Army in Manurewa. This is the view of a small group of housing activists who are looking to hold Auckland Council to account for its lack of interest in...

Solution to KiwiBuild is New Zealand made

Mar 8, 2018 | News

Instead of shipping in from abroad, the PrefabNZ ‘Capacity & Capability’ report demonstrates that Kiwi-based housing manufacturing firms and construction companies can deliver for KiwiBuild using offsite methods. Through using innovative building methods, PrefabNZ...

Mātauranga Māori Provides Pathway To Future-Proof Housing

Mar 8, 2018 | News

New research conducted by Ko ngā wā kāinga hei whakamāhorahora – Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities (BBHTC) National Science Challenge – has uncovered traditional approaches to housing that stand up to climate change and strengthen communities. The...

KiwiBuild – MBIE OIA

Mar 7, 2018 | Reports & Articles

The original OIA document from 7 March has been replaced with the one below on the 7th May. CHA was asked by MBIE Parliamentary Services to replace the March release with the May document as the 4 pages of supply information has been redacted. Read the full document...

MSD’s Housing Regional Factsheets

Mar 6, 2018 | Documents

The Housing Regional Factsheets – December 2017 have been released for the first time from the Ministry of Social Development: Read the latest Housing Regional Factsheets for the December quarter Read the latest Housing Quarterly Report for the December quarter...

Age Concerns Everyone

Mar 6, 2018 | Events

We are all ageing and have an interest in creating a society that respects, values and celebrates the contribution of all older New Zealanders. By 2036 it is anticipated that one in four people will be 65 years of age or older. By investing now in solutions that...

New factsheets show extent of crisis in regions

Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorised

Factsheets for 11 regions are now available on the Ministry of Social Development website and contain the latest data – including regionally-specific public housing supply figures, government support, transitional housing and numbers on the public housing waiting list...