Housing Headlines

Council Committed to Holiday Rental Properties Compliance

Press Release – Ruapehu District Council

Ruapehu bach owners renting their properties on a regular basis or to large groups of people can expect checks from council to ensure they are regulation compliant. Read more »

Waiheke is up in arms over a 700m stretch of coast

Press Release – Action Waiheke Esplanade

1n 2009, the road was deemed unsafe by the Police, who requested that the Local Board take steps to close it to car traffic. A postal survey at the time, established that of the 2300 people who voted, 53% favoured road closure over 47% who preferred to … Read more »

Peters: “Auckland’s Future – SuperCity or Sin City?”

Speech – New Zealand First Party

There are major issues facing our country and they affect all of us here today. They are not new Read more »

Competition fierce in esteemed commercial property awards

Press Release – Property Council Of New Zealand

Finalists nationwide from Kaitaia to Wanaka will soon discover if their commercial property developments are the best of the best in New Zealand. Read more »

Answers needed on High Commissioner’s residence

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealand taxpayers should be told why they are having to fork out $7500 a week to pay for alternative premises for the High Commissioner in London while the official residence remains empty, Labours Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Phil Goff, says. Read more »

Auckland 2040 Group Meet Mayor For Talks about Unitary Plan

Press Release – Auckland 2040

In response to mounting public outrage following Auckland 2040′s disclosure of the implications behind critical elements of the draft unitary plan, Auckland 2040 Founders Richard Burton and Guy Haddleton met this week with the Mayor, and Deputy Mayor for … Read more »

auranga Community Housing Trust Welcomes Funding Boost

Press Release – Tauranga Community Housing Trust

Tauranga Community Housing Trust (TCHT) today welcomed a $1.7 million Government grant to boost the level of affordable housing in Tauranga. Read more »

“Trust Us” Council Sails Blindly Forward

Press Release – Manurewa Local Board

In what may prove to be Mayor Len Browns political epitaph, Auckland Council has rejected a Notice of Motion lodged by Cr George Wood to extend the period for public input on the pre-notification draft Unitary Plan. The rejection has stunned Manurewa … Read more »

BNZ Weekly Overview: Migration could be about to boom…

Press Release – Bank of New Zealand

Migration could be about to boom, that means higher house prices, hence a special look at housing in my Youtube video this week.. Read more »

One week to feedback on draft Unitary Plan

Press Release – Auckland Council

Aucklanders have one week to feedback on the draft Auckland Unitary Plan and Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse is urging people to make sure they have had their say. Read more »

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