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Ka tuku huarahi ki ngā whare huanga, ki ngā whare whai pūtea e Te Kaporeihana ā-Whare o Aotearoa ki ngā iwi o Aotearoa. Ko mātau hoki ngā kaitohutohu matua ki te kāwanatanga o Aotearoa mō ngā take nohoanga whare me ngā take e whai pānga ana. Nāhaku iti nei, nā

Housing New Zealand provides New Zealanders with access to good quality, affordable homes. It is also the New Zealand government's main advisor on housing, and services related to housing.

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What's New

Investigation of an allegation of improper practice underway

10 February 2010

Housing New Zealand is investigating an allegation a staff member has been offering applicants for state houses preferential treatment, in return for money, Chief Executive Dr Lesley McTurk said today.

Read more >> 

Unlocking tribal land for housing

3 February 2010

Housing Minister Phil Heatley has announced that from today (3 February) Maori who want to build on their ancestral land will have an opportunity through an innovative partnership between Housing New Zealand Corporation and Kiwibank.

The partnership was formally recognised at the Beehive this morning when Housing New Zealand and Kiwibank signed a participation agreement to offer a home ownership product called Kāinga Whenua.

For more information about the product read the Ministerial press release, Unlocking tribal land for housing.

Tenants embrace home ownership opportunity

3 February 2010

Tenants in Hastings became proud new owners of their three bedroom state house on Friday, 29 January 2010.

Michaela, and husband Jamie, were visited by Housing Minister, Phil Heatley to mark the fact they were the first tenants to buy their state house, since the scheme was launched mid-September.

Click here to learn more
Changes to Housing New Zealand Corporation Board

23 December 2009

Housing Minister Phil Heatley has announced the appointment of three new members to the board of Housing New Zealand Corporation and the reappointment of two existing members.  The new members have been appointed for a term of three years, beginning on 21 January 2010.

Find out more on the Beehive website

Housing New Zealand Chief Executive's speech to the Australasian Housing Institute

4 December 2009

Click here to read the speech

Welcome Home Loan limit increased

23 November 2009

Housing Minister Phil Heatley has announced that from today first home buyers in higher priced areas of New Zealand will be able to borrow more under the government’s Welcome Home Loan scheme.

Click here for the press release

Upgrading homes 2009/10

There will be substantial work on state homes throughout 2009/10 from a combination of new and existing programmes. 21,000 homes will be upgraded from a budget of $152 million.  $124.5 million is derived from an additional investment by the Government in state homes in February 2009 to stimulate economic activity and create jobs in the construction sector.

Read more about the people and the work we have been doing this month >>

It can be tricky finding your ideal tenant. So let Housing New Zealand move in instead.

With Housing New Zealand's Home Leasing scheme, we lease your property from you directly for up to 10 years. That means we'll find a tenant for your property ourselves, and you'll never have to go chasing after rent again.

We're looking for two - five bedroom houses in high demand areas. So if you have a property you'd like to lease to Housing New Zealand, click here.

Update on Economic Stimulus Work for 2009-10

Many of you registered interest in work being undertaken by Housing New Zealand Corporation as part of the Government's Economic Stimulus Package.

Here's how the programme for the next twelve months i.e. through to 30 June 2010 is going to work.

As most of the work will be upgrade interventions not requiring building consent, we recently appointed Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner (Beca), as project management consultants to assist us to deliver the programme. Beca's recently commenced advertising for tenders on http://www.gets.govt.nz/ for regionally based contractors to deliver the work. If the work being advertised is within your organisations capability, we suggest you provide the information requested in the GETS advertisements to Beca's for your region.

A number of you also responded to GETS and to newspaper advertisements for professional services for various programmes and Energy Efficiency Retrofits and Heat Pump installations. Appointments for these opportunities have also recently been made.

Thank you for your interest and if work of this nature is aligned with the capabilities of your business we encourage you to register your interest.

Job Opportunities with Housing New Zealand

Frontdoor is your gateway to our current vacancies and future careers with Housing New Zealand Corporation. Our vacancies are always available online, and if we have your contact details - your email address - we can let you know whenever there's a vacancy that matches your requirements.

Woman looking for a job with Housing New Zealand.

Contact Housing New Zealand

There are a number of ways to contact Housing New Zealand:

Call one of our neighbourhood units
Send us an online message
24-hour freephone Housing Assistance line for tenants - 0800 801 601.

Or use our quick map to see what products and services we offer in your region.

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