Housing New Zealand
Shortlist announced for transfer of social houses
British and multinational companies are among those shortlisted to take over state housing stock in Tauranga and Invercargill.
400 state homes contaminated with P
Hundreds of Housing New Zealand homes are contaminated with methamphetamine, including four which were built only last June.
HNZ to summons council over housing plan
Housing New Zealand will issue summonses to force Auckland Council experts to appear before hearings on the city's development plan.
Housing NZ accused of blocking bail requests to its properties
Housing New Zealand is making it harder for poor people to seek bail or home detention, lawyers say.
Claims homeless families are turned away from HNZ waiting list
Parents and support workers say families are being told they don't qualify for a place on the Housing New Zealand register, despite the fact they're homeless. Audio
Boy trapped inside HNZ house
A boy faces once again being trapped inside his home or spending months in hospital while he waits for Housing New Zealand to find a house with wheelchair access. Audio
Huge rise in P-contaminated Housing NZ properties
The cost of P contamination in state houses is spiralling, with Housing New Zealand expecting it to increase sixfold this financial year. Audio
English defends $118M Housing NZ dividend
Housing New Zealand's plan to pay the Government a dividend of 118-million-dollars this financial year has come under fire from Opposition and others concerned about the state of many of its homes. Audio
English rebuffs calls for Govt to reject dividend
The Government is rebuffing calls to reject a multi-million-dollar payout from Housing New Zealand, saying the dividend encourages the agency to be more efficient. Audio
Labour calls for Housing NZ dividend cut
The Labour Party is calling for the Government to invest some of the dividend it demands from Housing New Zealand back into state house maintenance. Audio
Housing NZ says it spends about $10,000 per house
Housing New Zealand says it's spending more than 20-thousand dollars on repairing homes that become vacant, and reducing the likelihood of mould. Audio
Mother of two sick boys offered another mouldy state house
Last Friday we ran the story about Te Ao Marama Wensor, who told us her state house in Auckland was so mouldy it was killing her children. Audio
Fire Service backs Housing New Zealand's removal of fire escape
The Fire Service has backed Housing New Zealand's decision not to reinstall a fire escape ladder at a Dunedin home, despite protest from its tenant. Housing New Zealand says the ladder was a safety… Audio
2000 state home need repairs - just 'tip of iceberg'
Poverty groups say news that 2000 state homes need work after just a month of checks means that's probably just the tip of the iceberg. Audio
The state of state housing
Housing New Zealand has 18 billion dollars of stock in this country and 193,000 tenants. The spotlight has been on the state of some of that stock which has been branded cold, damp and unhealthy. Emma… Video, Audio
Midday News for 4 June 2015
A Housing New Zealand home may have contributed to the death of a toddler and flooding in South Dunedin is described as a major disaster. Audio
Tamaki residents blindsided
Some Housing New Zealand tenants in Tamaki are feeling blindsided by the Government's move to transfer two thousand eight hundred homes to a redevelopment company it owns. Audio
Housing New Zealand's commitment to low cost housing in Auckland
Leonie Freeman is the General Manager Asset Development at Housing New Zealand. Audio
Concern over sale of Housing NZ land
Peter Jeffries is chair of Auckland community housing providers network and CEO of Cort Community Housing. Todd Niall is Radio New Zealand's Auckland correspondent. Audio
Analysis from our Auckland correspondent
Our Auckland correspondent Todd Niall says Housing New Zealand should have known that rules for high density housing were going to change before they announced the right size plan. Audio
