Phil Twyford
Major Auckland transport projects announced
A new 10-year funding package for Auckland transport will be released on Thursday by Transport Minister Phil Twyford and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff. Minister of Transport Phil Twyford discusses the… Audio
Emergency housing braces for another tough winter
The Housing Minister, Phil Twyford, says the government is doing everything it can to mobilise extra resources ahead of another gruelling winter for the country's homeless. Emergency housing providers… Audio
SH1 to Whangarei 'safety work will continue' - Twyford
The previous government's promise of a four-lane dual carriage expressway on State Highway 1 from Warkworth to Whangarei has been scrapped by the new government, which says the cost would take up… Audio
Insight: Full House – Homelessness & Big Families
Are plans to build thousands of new homes going to cater for large and multi-generational Māori and Pasifika families? Audio
Letting fee ban underway at Parliament
A bill banning letting fees has passed its first hurdle in Parliament after a fractured debate. Audio
Only so much leeway
General Debates are as 'free-for-all' as Parliament's debating chamber gets - but there are still rules. Audio
Mt Albert KiwiBuild homes: Private sector needs help - Twyford
Housing Minister Phil Twyford plans to build up to 4000 houses, but the National Party says the numbers don't add up. Yesterday Mr Twyford unveiled the plan to build the homes on roughly 30 hectares… Audio
Mt Albert housing plan a tight squeeze?
The government's plan to build up to 4000 houses on roughly 30 hectares of former Unitec campus land in the central Auckland suburb of Mt Albert is raising some eyebrows. The Opposition says that… Audio
Landlords, not tenants, should pay letting fees - Twyford
Housing Minister Phil Twyford is confident banning letting fees will save renters money. Landlords can charge tenants a fee - usually a week's rent - to cover what they have paid letting agents. Mr… Audio
'You need a builder not a crusher in housing' - Phil Twyford
The new leader of the Opposition is hoping he'll rattle the government on housing by appointing Judith Collins as National's housing spokesperson. Simon Bridges revealed his caucus reshuffle at… Audio
Housing report paints 'sobering picture' of crisis
A report into the state of housing in New Zealand paints a "sobering picture" of the crisis and its effects, particularly on children, Housing Minister Phil Twyford says.
Rental market 'dismal' - housing report author
One of the co-authors of the government's housing stocktake report that will be published this morning says the rental market is dismal and that levels of homelessness in the country will not improve… Audio
Govt to help renters with letting fees ban
Banning letting fees and allowing landlords to increase rents just once per year are two of the ways the government wants to make life easier for renters. Housing Minister Phil Twyford is planning to… Audio
Road tripping with the Minister of Transport
Choosing music for a road trip is a lot like politics, says Transport Minister Phil Twyford – "you've got to take people with you, right?" Audio
State house family welcome end to sell-off
A family living in the country's first ever state house are happy to know it can't be sold, after the Government today formally moved to stop the mass sell-off of state houses. Audio
Govt looks at evictions from P-contaminated state houses
People wrongly evicted from meth-contaminated state houses may be leap-frogged to the top of waiting lists for new homes. Audio
Govt to end state housing relocation grants
The government will stop giving people living in state houses money to move out of Auckland. The previous government offered up to $5000 to encourage people to leave the city and free up social… Audio
Bill banning foreign home-buyers to be introduced
The government will introduce legislation tomorrow to ban foreigners from buying existing houses.
HNZ policy on meth contamination to change - Housing Minister
Phil Twyford announces live on Checkpoint he will change HNZ policy over evicting tenants for positive methamphetamine results. He said 900 homes were left empty, and $75m wasted over 'moral panic'… Video, Audio
Govt spent $44,000 for homeless man to live in motel for 58 weeks
Housing Minister Phil Twyford says New Zealand’s longest tax-payer funded emergency housing tenant, Robert Erueti, should never have been evicted from his HNZ home. Video, Audio