Budget 2026 Housing Cuts Are Reverse Robin Hood
The Government calls it fairer housing support. The NZCTU says it is taking money from struggling tenants and handing the advantage to landlords.
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Homes turned into rules – After criminalising the homeless they created, National now comes for state tenants
The Government is increasing rents, tightening housing support and criminalising homelessness while ministers claim thousands in housing allowances themselves.
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Greens Push Housing Protection for State Care Youth
The Greens say young people leaving state care should never be abandoned into homelessness while emergency housing systems collapse around them.
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Greens Slam National Public Housing Reforms
The Greens say National is balancing its Budget on the backs of public housing tenants, beneficiaries and disabled New Zealanders.
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Kāinga Ora is now a sad joke looking for a punchline
Kāinga Ora is being accused of abandoning its public housing purpose as developments are scrapped, properties sold off and homelessness deepens.
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Kāinga Ora Job Cuts Hit Regional Workers And Tenants
More than 1,100 Kāinga Ora jobs have already gone. Now the Government wants to centralise maintenance teams while tenants wait longer for repairs.
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I’m glad Seymour removed the Māori name of school lunches
David Seymour removes the Māori name from Ka Ora, Ka Ako as reports show school lunches fail nutrition standards.
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NZ Initiative’s Free-Market Agenda: Public Housing and Education in focus
The NZ Initiative’s market-led reforms on housing and education spark debate. Critics link ideas to broader free-market networks. What’s at stake?
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Government’s Infrastructure Fund For Housing Accelerates – Kainga Ora
The Government’s Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF), a contestable fund aimed at accelerating key infrastructure for housing development, has received a…
