PremiumPremiumPolitics'Rotten to the core': Govt banks $151m by ending 'double-dipping', wiping $100 a week for struggling householdsThe Government decided on the changes in 2024, but used urgency to pass the law in 2025.26 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumNew ZealandDeveloper hopes smaller social houses will please neighbours of $1.4m lakeview siteEleven two-bedroom homes are being built on Haumoana St in Rotorua.12 Aug 06:00 PM
PremiumEditorialEditorial: Are emergency housing policies in need of tweaking?OPINION: Minister Chris Bishop is open to changing emergency housing policies.07 Aug 05:00 PM
Politics‘It’s clear we have a real problem’: Homelessness 'appears' to be outstripping population growth23 Jul 06:55 AM
New Zealand'Priority location': Govt announces 189 new homes for Rotorua'We’re backing community-led solutions to address the need here,' Minister says.16 Jun 09:57 PM
Herald NOWAuckland Council approves 4000 new homes on floodplains since 2023Could we be headed towards the next leaky building disaster? Construction professor John Tookey from AUT weighs in as homes on Auckland floodplains continue to be approved.Watch15 Jun 07:21 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: 'No such thing as Māori funding' - what did Seymour mean and is he right?OPINION: Health? Education? When is targeting okay and not okay for Māori under this Govt?08 Jun 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPropertyThree apartment developments first to get approval for Crown underwrites worth $75.5mCrown entity backs the projects, agreeing to buy units if they aren't sold on completion.23 May 12:00 AM
New ZealandHow this city is bucking the national trend for new home buildsHalf of the new homes were social housing or affordable rentals.04 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandOn The Up: Pita Tipene’s visionary leadership earns top Māori business awardTipene now hopes to lead Ngāti Hine through settlement, enabling the iwi to thrive. 20 Apr 09:45 PM
New ZealandNew homes open doors for young disabled NorthlandersRest homes used to be the only option for young people with disabilities.11 Apr 05:00 PM
New Zealand‘Great win for Rotorua’: Homeless motel numbers reduceFrom the end of July there will be three emergency housing motels left.03 Apr 10:30 PM
New Zealand‘Middle class struggle’: Housing costs hit essential workersMarket rent is $650 per week; these homes will rent for $520, saving $6760 annually.17 Mar 11:39 PM
PremiumPremiumBusiness‘Black hole’: Crown quitting 109 new homes underwritten by KiwiBuildFirst home buyers did not snap up these 109 homes: now we the taxpayers have bought them. 19 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandRevealed: The dates each Rotorua emergency housing motel must closeResource consents for seven motels extended despite public objections.15 Jan 05:20 AM
PremiumPremiumNew Zealand350-home project on track despite developer's other company in liquidationThe Government has no concerns about the development on state land in Ngongotahā.22 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandGovernment to end emergency housing contracts with two more Rotorua motelsTwo more motels will stop being contracted by the Government for emergency housing.20 Dec 04:20 AM
PremiumPremiumConstructionHousing for hapū: families move into $20m Ōrākei housing development'Some people can’t remember anyone in their family owning a home.'19 Dec 04:00 PM
New Zealand'I'm living the dream': New homes offer hope for tenants with disabilitiesThe homes give people with disabilities secure housing, sometimes for the first time.05 Dec 04:00 PM
PoliticsKainga Ora nightmare neighboursA Christchurch Kāinga Ora tenant said her accommodation is like 'living in hell', with neighbours children neglected, stealing and running onto the main road in recent weeks.Watch29 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandManawa Gardens opens in RotoruaNgāti Whakaue has created its own subdivision for its people in a sought-after location on iwi land following a multimillion-dollar partnership with the Government.Watch06 Nov 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandDrugs, prostitution, poo in carparks: Locals plead to end emergency housing in motelsResidents fight Government applications to keep seven motels going another year.22 Oct 06:51 PM
PremiumPremiumBusinessWould you take $25,000, a new car or a cheap loan?First 70 out of 416 planned new homes are completed on the Manukau land.14 Oct 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumConstructionFast-track consent for 499-unit Carrington apartment projectScheme for Te Whenua Haa Ora is by Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua on Treaty settlement land.02 Oct 11:00 PM
New Zealand'Huge difference': Twenty-eight 'affordable' rentals to be built'This new development will also free up much-needed rental accommodation.'22 Sep 07:38 PM
New ZealandTenant fights for Kainga Ora to pay after home damaged in stormTenants of State homes damaged in floods say they should have been told the house was on a flood plain because of the potential risk.Watch10 Sep 02:24 AM
PremiumPremiumNew Zealand'We’re not suddenly okay with it. We are tired'Rotorua sees big drop in public submissions on continued contracted emergency housing.26 Aug 05:03 PM
