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Kāinga Ora told to lift its game on unruly tenants

Kāinga Ora told to lift its game on unruly tenants

Housing minister Megan Woods has been pressing Kāinga Ora to lift its game on antisocial tenant behaviour, a leaked briefing paper shows.

Greg Hurrell 14 Jul 2022
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Fisheries Bill sailed off-course
Primary Sector Analysis

Fisheries Bill sailed off-course

This wasn't even the fisheries bill the cabinet signed up to.

Jem Traylen 13 Jul 2022
Polytech merger mess 'just gets messier'
Policy

Polytech merger mess 'just gets messier'

Budget cuts at the new mega-polytech –  Te Pūkenga – risk derailing its Jan 1, 2023, start date, says the National party's shadow tertiary education minister, Penny Simmonds.

Pattrick Smellie 13 Jul 2022
Kāinga Ora faces 60 years of unmanageable debt
Property Exclusive

Kāinga Ora faces 60 years of unmanageable debt

The minister of housing should reject Kāinga Ora 2023 budget requests for now, according to leaked advice to minister Megan Woods.

Greg Hurrell 12 Jul 2022


Jem Traylen
Jem Traylen

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Jem was awarded best student journalist at the 2022 Voyager Media Awards. She has a masters in economics from the University of Canterbury and has previously worked in tertiary education and government policymaking. She was awarded Massey University’s prize for the top journalism student in 2021. You can follow her on Twitter @jemtraylen or connect with her on LinkedIn here. 

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