Young developer's fresh take on housing. A 28-year-old entrepreneur believes his $1 billion south Auckland housing project will be held up as a "blueprint" for future developments. Land developer Charles Ma, an Auckland-born Kiwi of Chinese descent, through his...
“Access to public buildings is a basic human right and New Zealand building legislation supports this. The Buildings for Everyone guide encourages building owners and designers to consider the needs of all users of public buildings right from the start,” says Jenny...
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub says KiwiBuild will have to change and might be better off building social or rental houses if it's to reach its goal of 100,000 houses. "People have really misunderstood KiwiBuild, it's such a complicated thing. It's a complete distraction,"...
Number of homes contracted and committed: 10,160 with thousands more planned in our Large Scale Projects. Number of homes completed: 47 with 236 more homes under construction Number of homes contracted and committed for completion by 30 June 2019: 293 (Some contracts...
Jessica*, who is a nurse, and her builder partner bought a piece of land in Auckland at the end of 2016 for $220,000 with the dream of either putting a transportable house or kit-set type home on to it. But two banks and two mortgage brokers later she has virtually...
To ensure that public policies that get proposed or implemented to create a new housing system get discussed properly in the public, we need a different language to talk about why good housing matters for everyone. In New Zealand our homes are our castles. A place of...
Maybe you have some colleagues who weren’t able to attend, or there was a sliver of wisdom you can’t quite recall. Whatever the situation, we’ve got it covered 🙂 VIDEOS We managed to record some great footage from the day and although we didn’t...
The KiwiBuild homes are a combination of two and three bedroom brick, standalone homes with internal access garages, elevated and sunny outlooks, and semi-rural and harbour views. Kotātā Heights is a new development within walking distance of Whangarei’s city centre....
Designed to enhance residents’ quality of living, the new units are open-plan, with eco-friendly, futureproof features. All units are double-glazed and well insulated. They also have the 4-star Lifemark certification, which means the flats have facilities to meet...
“The number of new homes consented this year is at its highest level since the mid-1970s,” construction statistics manager Melissa McKenzie said. “However, the population was only around 3 million in the 1970s, compared with nearly 5 million today.” See Are we there...
One of the recently constructed homes to go into the Secure Home programme at Cherwell Lane in Shotover Country. The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust has just completed construction on six new homes at Shotover Country, which are to go into the pilot scheme,...
Community Housing Aotearoa and Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities are busy developing an exciting programme that is being updated regularly on the conference website. The Shift Aotearoa Conference 2019 will bring housing sector actors together to spark...
The time it takes to consents and the uncertainty of the consenting process are two major obstacles to housing development, he says. Speaking after joining a panel presentation at a conference in Auckland on residential development, Evans says the process needs to...