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Close to home newsletter

Close to Home is a tenant newsletter supported by Housing New Zealand. Read about local communities, recipes, tips, advice and staying safe around the home.

Investor Relations

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.

Keeping your house warm and dry

Housing New Zealand is upgrading more homes to improve the lives of tenants.

Latest News

24 October 2018

Regenerating regional NZ housing

Timaru resident Mervyn is stoked about moving into one of the first state homes built in the area in nearly a decade.
16 October 2018

Big clean up in Māngere

A quiet street in South Auckland’s Māngere was recently full of activity when Housing New Zealand, maintenance contractor Spotless, and HLC put on a spring clean event for tenants living just outside the Māngere Development.
15 October 2018

What kind of teenager gives up their school holidays to work for free?

Radio New Zealand’s Zac Fleming posed that question in a recent Checkpoint story when he visited a group of Māngere secondary school students who were getting hands-on trades training.
11 October 2018

Construction Skills Action Plan

A plan to address skills and labour shortages in the construction industry was recently announced by the Government.
8 October 2018

Little slice of Galway

The site of the 71-unit, two-block complex in Galway Street, Onehunga was officially unveiled by Minister Twyford.
5 October 2018

Housing New Zealand and Waikato-Tainui to develop more Hamilton homes

Housing New Zealand and Waikato-Tainui today announced that they will begin work on rejuvenating the old Jebson Place site in Hamilton East into a mix of public and private housing.
4 October 2018

Sunny new homes open in Nelson

The first new state houses built in Nelson for around 15 years opened recently.
2 October 2018

Breaking the ice in Beach Haven

It’s not always easy to meet your neighbours. That’s why the Community Development Team puts on street get togethers for new redevelopments.
28 September 2018

Proactive problem solving to housing New Zealanders

Housing New Zealand has won the inaugural CoreNet Global Proactive Property award. The event, which was held in Britomart last night, was run by the New Zealand chapter of CoreNet, the non-profit corporate real estate association.
27 September 2018

Te Maru o Tawatawa homes open in the Capital

Public housing in Wellington received a boost today with the opening of 34 modern, warm and dry Housing New Zealand apartments in Berhampore.
26 September 2018

More thermal upgrades for homes in the Hutt

Two hundred more Housing NZ homes in the Hutt Valley will receive a thermal upgrade, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford announced today.
21 September 2018

Housing New Zealand welcomes move to embed social objectives

Housing New Zealand (HNZ) is welcoming the Government’s proposals to support the agency’s objective to become a world class housing provider.
20 September 2018

Housing New Zealand Meth Report released

Today the Hon Phil Twyford, Housing and Urban Development Minister, Housing New Zealand’s Acting Board Chair Vui Mark Gosche and Housing New Zealand’s Chief Executive released Housing New Zealand report into its past methamphetamine contamination response.
18 September 2018

Customer Centre Champions

Congratulations to Shahnaz and Steve who are winners in the 2018 Contact Centre Institute of New Zealand Awards (CCINZ).
6 September 2018

Saying yes to pets

As of September 2018 Housing New Zealand is a pet friendly landlord.
Housing New Zealand tenants can now keep dogs, cats, livestock animals (cows, sheep, horses, pigs, goats that are kept as pets), birds, fish and small animals at their home.