Big Albany site offers high density development

Apr 27, 2018 | News

Located at 80 Don McKinnon Drive, the bare block of 15,969 sq m of freehold land is for sale by tender, closing 4pm, Thursday May 17, 2018, unless sold prior to that date. It is being marketed by Eddie Zhong, Bayleys North Shore Commercial in conjunction with Mike...

Keeping a roof over my kids’ heads is impossible

Apr 24, 2018 | News

It’s not only addicts, or people with huge amounts of debt who find themselves with nowhere to live. I’m a mum of two. I work, I pay my rent, I clean the house and I don’t smoke, don’t party and don’t own pets. Yes, I do have two...

Urban sprawl eating up NZ’s productive land – report

Apr 20, 2018 | News

A report out today, called Our Land 2018, shows New Zealand’s urban sprawl is eating up some of the country’s most versatile land. It highlights that between 1990 and 2008, 29 percent of new urban areas were built on some of the country’s most...

Spanbild buys Mike Greer Homes in Concision factory partnership

Apr 20, 2018 | News

Spanbild, whose suite of brands include Versatile Homes & Buildings, Ideal Buildings and Totalspan Steel Buildings, today said it acquired MGHs’ 50 percent stake in New Zealand Panelised Building Systems, trading as Concision, for an undisclosed sum. The...

​Papakāinga provides refuge in time of need

Apr 20, 2018 | News

The Minister has attended the opening and blessing of five two-bedroom, pre-fabricated homes at Kōkōhīnau Marae today. The $2.7 million development was carried out with funding support from the Te Puni Kōkiri Māori Housing Network and the Ministry of Business,...

Strong future neighbourhood community celebrated

Apr 20, 2018 | News

Kura Moeahu and Holden Hohaia of Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika (Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust) provided a blessing of the site and karakia. Gumboots were then donned – with Mayor Ray Wallace, Te Tumu Kāinga General Manager Declan Millin and Port...

New Council housing under way in Akaroa

Apr 20, 2018 | News

A whakawatea (blessing) and ground-breaking ceremony was held today at the Council’s Bruce Terrace housing complex, where three existing units will be demolished to make way for five new ones. The old units, which were temporarily repaired following the Christchurch...

Housing First Auckland City Centre one year on …

Apr 19, 2018 | News

Launched in March 2017, Lifewise and Auckland City Mission are working with mostly single rough sleepers in the City Centre who are known to their services and who have been homeless for many years. “We’ve had a really good response rate to the programme with 86% of...

KiwiBuild meets IwiBuild

Apr 19, 2018 | News

The summit is an opportunity for Auckland iwi and Māori providers to discuss housing issues with key ministers. It will be attended by Hon Phil Twyford (Minister for Housing and Urban Development) and Hon Nanaia Mahuta (Minister for Māori Development). A key focus...