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About our properties

Housing New Zealand has an ongoing programme of redevelopment and new home building and acquisition to meet the needs of tenants today and into the future.

Wholesale investor information

As a result of Budget 2018 decisions, the Minister of Finance and the Minister responsible for Housing New Zealand have increased the limit on Housing New Zealand’s Borrowing Protocol.

Latest News

22 June 2018

PJs for Palmy

An initiative started by Housing New Zealand’s Palmerston North office has managed to collect 100 pairs of pyjamas for children in need.
20 June 2018

Local school renames redevelopment

St Brigid’s School in Johnsonville, Wellington has come up with a new name for a nearby Housing New Zealand redevelopment – Haumaru – which means a place where people can live in peace and harmony.
18 June 2018

Housing New Zealand wins at 2018 Property Council awards

June saw another win for Housing New Zealand’s development of its Jennings Jersey property in the established Auckland suburb of Mount Albert.
11 June 2018

Watch: How Housing New Zealand is meeting demand for state housing

In a recent interview with TVNZ, Housing New Zealand’s Patrick Dougherty explains how the country’s largest residential builder plans to meet the rising demand for state homes.
5 June 2018

Protecting public health, tenancy management practice, and a new approach

Since the announcement of the Chief Scientist’s report into New Zealand’s methamphetamine testing and decontamination approach Housing New Zealand has received significant media coverage.
1 June 2018

Housing New Zealand to report on methamphetamine approach

Housing New Zealand will be reporting to the Minister of Housing on its methamphetamine management approach in recent years.
30 May 2018

Thermal upgrade for homes in the Hutt

Housing New Zealand is thermally upgrading 66 properties in Lower Hutt to ensure that they are warm and dry for families in need.
29 May 2018

Housing New Zealand adopts new level for meth testing and decontamination

Housing New Zealand is from today applying a new level for the testing and decontaminating of our properties where there’s been very heavy methamphetamine use or meth lab activity.
24 May 2018

Modelling mental health

Every morning Housing New Zealand tenant Glenn Williams gets up, makes his coffee and heads off to work for eight hours a day.
23 May 2018

The Johnson family at the Police Dog Training Centre in Trentham

A day-out cuddling cute puppies was the perfect distraction for a family going through some tough times.
22 May 2018

Seeing Pink

Takanini and Greenlane took part in hosting fantastic Pink Ribbon Fundraisers for the Breast Cancer Foundation.
17 May 2018

Budget 2018 - More public houses to be built

The Government has announced a package to build 6,400 more public houses over the next four years and support more people in urgent need of housing.
14 May 2018

Mario’s Pantry

The Hutt Valley team have come up with a great way to help tenants out who are struggling to put enough food on the table.