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Government to end emergency housing contracts with two more Rotorua motels

Two more motels will stop being contracted by the Government for emergency housing.

Housing for hapū: families move into $20m Ōrākei housing development

'Some people can’t remember anyone in their family owning a home.'

'I'm living the dream': New homes offer hope for tenants with disabilities

The homes give people with disabilities secure housing, sometimes for the first time.

Kainga Ora nightmare neighbours

A 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.

Manawa Gardens opens in Rotorua

Ngāti 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.

Drugs, prostitution, poo in carparks: Locals plead to end emergency housing in motels

Residents fight Government applications to keep seven motels going another year.

Would 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.

Fast-track consent for 499-unit Carrington apartment project

Scheme for Te Whenua Haa Ora is by Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua on Treaty settlement land.

What the Kāinga Ora report means for Rotorua and the hundreds of planned home builds

There are at least 330 new Kāinga Ora homes budgeted for the city by mid-2025.

'Reckless': 170 jobs on line at Kāinga Ora and housing agency as axe falls across public sector

Workers have been told not to make a decision 'on a whim'.

'They have taken us for fools': Councillor hits out over homeless motels

'We've been taken to the cleaners by these agencies,' he says.

Architects irked by demolition of award-winning Unitec building

The plan is to 'give order to the rather disordered collection of buildings and spaces'.

Matthew Hooton: Government’s savings programme half-hearted, poorly targeted

OPINION: With the dire need to cut costs, agencies should have to justify why they exist.

'Blindsided and betrayed': Bid for two more years of Rotorua homeless motels shocks

The mayor and MP say they are disappointed by the housing ministry's move.

Public Purse: Planned cuts to public service won't even wind back last six months of expansion

OPINION: Eight new agencies across the public service helped fuel record staffing levels.

Housing Minister grants Auckland Council one-year extension to devise new intensification rules

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's been pushing for an extension, now Chris Bishop's granted it.