Housing
Boarding house blaze: Police called in at least once a week for 3 years
Police were called to an Auckland central boarding house more than once a week on average for three years before it burnt down in early April.
Rents hit an all-time high
The increase means Kiwis are shelling out an extra $2600 annually for somewhere to live. Audio
Rent prices hit all-time high
New Zealand's national rental prices have hit an all-time high, according to Trade Me's latest Rental Price Index. Trade Me's Property Sales Director Gavin Lloyd spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
The Panel with Sue Bradford and Ed McKnight (Part 1)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Sue Bradford and Ed McKnight discuss the first day of the Government's national cell phone ban in schools and personal debt putting rent-to-own… Audio
Rent to own provider says people can no longer afford pathway
A provider of a rent to own programme say people can no longer afford even the cheapest pathway to home ownership. Housing reporter Lauren Crimp has more. Audio
Kāinga Ora ordered to pay $6k after tenants 'terrorised' neighbour
One of the tenants pooed outside her door and another allegedly threw a woman off a balcony.
Families earning $150,000 struggling to afford rent-to-own
Some families earning $150,000 still can't get into rent-to-own homes due to soaring personal debt, says Habitat for Humanity.
What is happening with the housing market?
Analysis - The odds are still stacked against property investors, as market conditions continue to favour first-home buyers. Audio
Building product concerns dismissed: 'The industry is lacking competition'
Construction industry concerns about a potential drop in the quality of building products have been brushed aside as superficial.
'Street of hell': Residents recount years of abuse from lodge tenants
The Parnell lodges' owners are being accused of putting profits ahead of any sense of social responsibility to residents.
'They have taken us for fools': Councillor hits out over homeless plan
Rotorua councillor upset at Housing Ministry plans to keep contracting hotels for emergency housing.
Upper Selwyn Huts resident on eviction notice
A resident of the Upper Selwyn Huts, a small Canterbury community, says the council needs to give people more time, after dropping the bombshell that they will need to leave their homes by 2039… Audio
Residents fight for homes after being told they need to leave
An entire community has been told it'll be evicted - but some are feeling stressed and cannot afford to buy anywhere else.
Preview: 2024 Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival
Dan Slevin previews three documentaries in this always intriguing interrogation of our built and manufactured environment. Video
South Auckland home achieves highest possible climate-friendly rating for a house
A three-bedroom, two bathroom home in South Auckland has achieved the highest possible climate-friendly rating for a house. Climate Change Correspondent Eloise Gibson visited the home. Audio
Small community in Selwyn fights to save homes
Residents of a small Selwyn community say they will keep fighting to save their homes after being told they must vacate them by 2039. Anna Sargent reports. Audio
Tensions high as Auckland Council looks to sell affordable housing scheme
Pensioners who own units in a council-run affordable housing scheme that's up for sale in Auckland say tensions have flared since they were barred from voicing their concerns at a council meeting. Amy… Audio
'We pay our rates': Tensions flare over council sale of units
Pensioners who own units in a council-run scheme that's up for sale say they were barred from voicing their concerns at a meeting.
Are floating cities the future of urban living?
A Dutch architect is harnessing the rising seas as the basis for an architectural revolution. He tells RNZ's Sunday Morning why it might just be the wave of the future. Audio
Half of cyclone-wrecked Hawke's Bay properties now bought out or close to it
Half the cyclone-wrecked Hawke's Bay properties deemed too unsafe to live in have now been bought out, or are close to it.