Wealth of top 20 percent rises by $394,000 – Stats NZ Information Release: Household net worth statistics: Year ended June 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Wealth of top 20 percent rises by $394,000 – 14 December 2018 The net worth of the richest 20 percent of New Zealand households has risen $394,000 since 2015, to reach a median of $1.75 million, Stats NZ said today. Over the same period, from the year ended June 2015 to the June […]
Read More →Maintenance team helps out at Auckland City Mission
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Our maintenance teams have a very big and a very, very important job ensuring our tenant’s live in warm, dry and healthy homes. For the 2017/18 financial year we carried out 450,000 repairs on our 64,000 state houses around New Zealand. That massive volume of work saw $474 million dollars […]
Read More →Meeting the neighbours down the lane
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation If you’ve ever moved your family to a new neighbourhood, you’ll know it can be a challenging time. You spend anxious mornings calming the kids’ nerves before they set off to their new school, and you miss the familiar faces of the people you used to bump into at the […]
Read More →Calm Christine helps contractor
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Dunedin tenant Christine’s quick and calm response was of great help to one of our contractors. The contractor had just arrived to replace a broken door knob and accidentally cut himself badly while trying to open the packaging. Christine who has done First Aid training instantly knew what she needed […]
Read More →FENZ and HNZ team up to train fire fighters
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Ever been tossed into a two story building, that’s fully cloaked in dense peanut oil smoke and made to carry a 90kg dummy downstairs in blackout conditions? Not too many could lay claim to that and having now experienced it briefly first hand myself I can safely say not too […]
Read More →Christmas Cheer for southern tenants
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Festive cheer was in plentiful supply when Housing New Zealand hosted a Christmas dinner for elderly tenants in Mosgiel this week. Tenancy Manager Stacey said it was a team effort with contractors DHMC setting up and cleaning up afterwards, providing pot plants, chocolates and juice while there were carol signers, […]
Read More →A whare for Te Taitokerau
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Te Roopu Taurima is the largest kaupapa Maori organisation in the country, providing support services for people of all ethnicities who have intellectual disabilities. Te Taitokerau whare Currently the organisation leases 52 community group homes from Housing New Zealand, from as far north as Kaitaia and as far south as […]
Read More →Sit back and relax
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Sometimes the best conversations start when people are relaxed and having fun. HNZ Asset Manager Terry getting a hug from a tenant to say thank you for her home insulation. With this in mind, Housing New Zealand hosted a special morning tea for their tenants in Otahuhu recently. 13 members […]
Read More →Aranui affirms its community spirit
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Housing New Zealand staff once again took an active part in an annual event that celebrates the spirit of a vibrant Christchurch community. Aranui–based Tenancy Manager Tamsyn and her daughter, Sophia (left) and HNZ Area Manager Fraser (right) Staff joined up with the Christchurch City Council’s Otautahi Community Housing Trust […]
Read More →Home building in Auckland lifts construction activity – Stats NZ Information Release: Value of building work put in place: September 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Home building in Auckland lifts construction activity – 5 December 2018 Home building in Auckland drove an increase in the overall volume of building activity in New Zealand in the September 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. Nationally, the volume of building work increased a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent from the June 2018 […]
Read More →Auckland home consents hit 13,000 – Stats NZ Information Release: Building consents issued: October 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Auckland home consents hit 13,000 – 30 November 2018 More than 13,000 new homes were consented in Auckland in a year for the first time since the 1970s, Stats NZ said today. A total of 13,078 new homes were consented in the region in the year ended October 2018 – up 25 percent […]
Read More →They call it puppy love
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Life has been great since Housing New Zealand tenant, Lyn got her pet dog Laila. Lyn and Lalia She has stopped smoking and thanks to Laila’s love and companionship, Lyn is making friends and is less lonely. “I used to feel very lonely and was addicted to tobacco, but since […]
Read More →Community connect at safety event
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Residents of Panama Rd and surrounding Mt Wellington streets came along to a Community Safety Day to meet up, have fun and learn about safety. The Community Safety Day, on 17 November, was a collaborative community event organised by Housing New Zealand’s Community Development team, Panama Road School and Good […]
Read More →Continued confidence in Housing New Zealand’s investment capabilities
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Housing New Zealand’s investment management capability and performance has again been recognised by the Treasury, with a confidence rating of ‘A’. The Treasury’s latest round of Investor Confidence Rating (ICR) results shows that Housing New Zealand continues to have strong all-round investment management capabilities and performance across public sector agencies. […]
Read More →Opening cupboards to the community
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Understanding the daily struggle many families face to put food on the table has prompted a Housing New Zealand tenant to open her own cupboards to help feed the local community. A pātaka (which is the Maori word for pantry or larder ) in Otangarei has been running for two […]
Read More →Northland Property Management Companies Merge
Source: Press Release Service – New Zealand (PR.co.nz) Two Northland property management companies have come together as a new business and now manage over 500 homes. Rentals.co was launched in August 2018 and spent its first months setting up new relationships with landlords and tenants.Director Allan Inglis until recently operated First National offices Northland-wide as […]
Read More →Get Creative? – Get a Cup of Tea
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Back in Spring last year a group of Housing New Zealand tenants got together for afternoon tea with Housing New Zealand staff. Overflowing with green goodness They weren’t to know what would come out of that cup of tea a short but eventful year later. The conversation turned to gardening […]
Read More →Housing New Zealand wins Innovation award at 2018 Safest Place to work
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Last week our Health, Safety and Security team was presented with the accolade in the 2018 Safest Place to Work Awards, run by Safe365. L-R: Mike, Tarniya, Naomi and Andrew before the award The awards, sponsored by TradeMe Jobs, aims to reward, celebrate and recognise organisations that have built an […]
Read More →Growing a Sense of Community
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Shared gardens are helping Housing New Zealand tenants to connect with their neighbours. When a group of people living in a Housing New Zealand neighbourhood in central Auckland came together one hot summer’s day, the plan was to build a shared garden, but what they created was something far greater. […]
Read More →Housing New Zealand congratulates Urban Design Manager on national architecture award
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation Housing New Zealand warmly congratulates its Urban Design Manager, Sue Evans, who on Friday night (9 November) at Te Papa won industry recognition with a national award from the president of the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA). L-R: Patrick Dougherty, Sue Evans and Garry Looker at Te Papa on […]
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