Landlords adding insulation ahead of July deadline

Feb 4, 2019 | News

Government-funded insulation grants for landlords ended last June. In November the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment estimated that, as of February last year, there could be almost 173,000 private rental properties still needing upgrading. Smart Energy...

​Crown-Iwi partnership – 300 new homes on table for Miramar

Jan 31, 2019 | News

Bird’s eye view of the area in red Taranaki Whānui Limited (the wholly owned commercial arm of Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust) and the Government’s Land for Housing Programme (HUD) have entered into an MoU to collaborate and work together on the future of...

NBR Opinion: The will and the way to solve housing affordability

Jan 31, 2019 | News

Paul Majurey, of Marutūāhu descent, chairs the Waimahia and Puhinui Park community housing developments. This was brought together by the Tāmaki Collective of iwi, NZ Housing Foundation, CORT Community Housing and Te Tumu Kainga (the Māori Trustee). Importantly, the...

Not-for-profits put people’s needs first

Jan 31, 2019 | News

APNZL supports the view that government investment in public housing is best achieved through not-for-profit organisations putting people’s needs first. “The Government’s decision to allow private developers access to Community Housing supports is a misguided...

Editorial: KiwiBuild not only weapon in armoury

Jan 30, 2019 | News

The KiwiBuild initiative was not the Labour Party’s only response to the affordability crisis, or perhaps the most important. Tax proposals, tenancy laws, banning foreign buyers, state house building and infrastructure bonds were all just as important. But...

NZQA must urgently bolster vocational training

Jan 30, 2019 | News

This is the opinion of Warwick Quinn, chief executive of New Zealand’s largest construction trade training organisation, BCITO. Quinn says the current review of the New Zealand Qualifications Framework – NZQF – needs to urgently address the issue of...

New Housing Developments Proving Attractive to First Buyers

Jan 29, 2019 | News

Hutt City Council-owned property company Urban Plus Limited (is experiencing high demand for its new developments with one sold out, over half of another under contract and a 27 dwelling development in the planning stage already receiving enquiries. Bringing new...