'Tour de force' in heritage restoration wins Property Council award
Sensitive refurbishment and amalgamation of the buildings takes prize.
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Unruly neighbours: Why aren’t more Kāinga Ora tenants evicted after complaints?
Some neighbours have reported feeling unsafe and threatened.
NZ's biggest builders: The contenders with $100m-plus workloads
They're nipping at the heels of the biggest operators.
Loafers Lodge fire tragedy: 'We are all responsible'
Hundreds gathered in Wellington's Cathedral of St Paul to remember the victims.
Highest-paid public sector bosses: Top earner's 30% bump to $1.4m
After years of pay restraint, state sector pay is on the up again.
Opinion: Social housing a priority for Kāinga Ora
You don’t have to look far to find someone who got their start in state housing.
10,000 complaints, three evictions: The numbers behind Kāinga Ora's 'crackdown'
Housing Minister Megan Woods says moving tenants to new locations is also an option.
'Very sneaky': Neighbours feel caught out by new Kāinga Ora developments
Neighbours of state housing developments want more say before councils give the nod.
Community group ‘surprised’ by consent for controversial Kerikeri social housing block
But Kāinga Ora seems to have taken some community concerns on board, group says.
'Burn your f***ing house down': Hamilton family 'trapped' by ‘neighbours from hell’
The disgruntled homeowner complains that Kāinga Ora has so far failed to act.
'So many things I've lost': Loafers Lodge tenants wait for bonds
Some tenants who lost everything in the blaze need the money to make a new start.
Advisers say Tribunal homelessness report falls short
Advocates have renewed calls for the establishment of a Māori housing authority.
'I dread coming home': Mum's battle over Kāinga Ora 'neighbours from hell'
Fights, fires, abuse and intimidation. This mum has had enough.
What landlords want to see in this week's Budget, but suspect they won't
398,000 bonds were lodged with Tenancy Services by February, up from 383,000 a year ago.
Sign reveals Kāinga Ora’s plans for six-storey building in Kerikeri — except it’s a hoax
Resource consent sign added fuel to fire of social housing debate until truth came out.
Social housing concerns spark record public meeting in Kerikeri
Kāinga Ora a no-show as almost 800 people crowd into venue and another 375 follow online.
Thousands of state houses on flood prone land, more going up
More than 15 per cent of state housing is on flood-prone land.
Who wants $14.9m from biggest builder to fail this year?
Name anything you see happening on a building site and those supplying stuff are on list.
Lifting the lid on Scarbro failure: Construction companies owe $14m
Biggest NZ builder to declare insolvency this year: McGrathNicol says who's owed what.
Apartment pioneer caught up in Scarbro liquidation - what's next?
Leuschke Group designed the complex with 112 residences, 12 apartments and seven shops.
Scarbro liquidator: Building sites being transferred back to customers
Information about the failure due out on Monday, explaining the fate of around 60 staff.
Compact housing likely in another Kāinga Ora purchase
Housing agency still mulling plans for the site but says it’s ideal for compact homes.
Northland public housing stock increasing again
Number of public homes hit a low in 2017; building now starting to accelerate.
Project Auckland: Resilience key in housing - Kāinga Ora
The recent floods have made Kāinga Ora determined to push on with future-proofed housing.
Thousands of state homes sit empty, maintenance budget up $410m
State homes are being brought to Healthy Homes standards - but some are empty.
Scarbro was building 89 apartments for state's Kāinga Ora when it failed
Another major building firm calls in liquidators.
Big builder in liquidation after series of adverse events
Four big problems have devastated the company's ability to trade.
Questions raised about the future of Napier’s Carnell St ‘star flats’
The Kainga Ora properties are set to be demolished, but residents want to know why.
18 months to build pensioner flats as housing shortage deepens in Tararua
The flats were expected to have been finished by July, but are still not ready.
Kāinga Ora explains new housing development at public consultations
Calls for the public to be positive about social housing development in Whangārei.
‘So blessed’: Families move into new homes after living in cars, emergency housing
Five-home complex on Rankin St first new social housing built in Kaikohe in decades.
Fifty new public homes for Hawke’s Bay
Kāinga Ora is hosting three information sessions on the projects.
Cyclone can’t stop much-needed Wairoa housing development
The earthworks for housing two years in the making will begin in Cyclone-struck Wairoa.
‘Sold out in 3 minutes’: How 66 new Northcote apartments sold in 2021
"By 9.05am, 260 qualified buyers were waiting to buy."
