Finance Minister Nicola Willis revealed her third Budget at Parliament today. Here’s how the Opposition parties responded.
Business
Thu, May 28
The report says significant investment in social and affordable housing is crucial to solving New Zealand's housing crisis and ending homelessness.
New Zealand
ANALYSIS: As the Government moves one step closer to enabling police to move on those disrupting our streets, Mava Moayyed analyses the planned law and asks, is this a solution or a blunt tool?
Politics
Fri, May 15
Council staff and police have targeted people living in cars at Tauranga’s Sulphur Point after complaints about antisocial behaviour and roaming dogs.
Crime and Justice
Wed, Apr 15
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said the Summary Offences Act will be amended to give police officers additional enforcement powers.
Sun, Feb 22
1News visited the Kim's Way Night Refuge – where the expectant woman has been residing with seven other rough sleepers.
October 15, 2025
About 4300 18- and 19-year-olds were estimated to become ineligible for support, with 4700 remaining eligible in the 2027-28 financial year.
October 6, 2025
"I'll do it if I think it would make a difference," Housing Minister Chris Bishop said when asked whether he'd change emergency rules.
August 3, 2025
Named Āhuru Mōwai as a "warm, calm haven", the shelter would provide short-term refuge initially for some of the city's most vulnerable men as winter deepens.
July 23, 2025
Potaka refused to make that connection himself, instead consistently attributing claims of a link to "anecdotal" reports and what others had reported.
July 20, 2025
New Zealand is facing an explosion in numbers of "hidden homeless" people who aren't visible to social services, and it was spreading beyond areas where rough sleepers have previously lived.
July 6, 2025
That's despite claims from community groups and the opposition that tougher eligibility criteria were raising homelessness levels.
March 30, 2025
Recently the Government changed its approach to social housing, promising to sell off what isn’t fit for purpose and build cheaper, more targeted homes.
February 16, 2025
Cheyenne is caught in a web of poverty, addiction and mental ill health – but her sister is determined to help her have a home.
December 6, 2024
The city has been plagued with a housing shortage.
August 4, 2023
Robyn Cann has been asked to leave her cabin at Lake Ferry Holiday Park in South Wairarapa.
June 30, 2023
The Human Rights Commission says tenants at Loafers Lodge suffered years of "human rights breaches" from housing insecurity.
May 23, 2023
Plans for a pair of state housing developments in Kerikeri have drawn ire from some locals, who held a community meeting opposing Kāinga Ora plans.
May 4, 2023
Over 500 Kāinga Ora properties were damaged in the Auckland region and the number of displaced people has soared.
February 17, 2023
Organisations from the health, environment and building sectors are all calling for a commitment to improve 200,000 old and mouldy homes.
Health
January 16, 2023
A report released by the Human Rights Commission found the emergency housing system in "breach of the human rights" of those it aims to protect, but was not beyond repair.
December 13, 2022
"We have heard you, we have listened and we are taking action," mayor Tania Tapsell says.
December 11, 2022
A local MP is urging an urgent “stock take” of how many gang members are in Rotorua emergency housing.
December 9, 2022
Rotorua Lakes Council will consider an agreement that could see an end to the widespread use of emergency housing in motels in the city.
November 24, 2022
A hearing before three independent commissioners, started on Monday and it has heard submissions from the applicant, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Rotorua Lakes Council.
October 22, 2022
