Phil Twyford

$28 billion Auckland transport funding package announced

26 Apr 18, 9:02am

Phils Twyford & Goff unveil $28 bln decade long Auckland transport plan including light rail, Penlink & Mill Rd, heavy rail & bus upgrades, safety improvements, plus more dedicated cycle lanes
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Govt looking at KiwiBuild sites in Auckland, Tauranga & Wellington

24 Apr 18, 9:51am

Greg Ninness

37 comments

Phil Twyford says the government is considering intensive housing options in Panmure, Manukau and Henderson. Construction work not likely to start at Unitec site in Mt Albert until next year
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What is the problem with housing in New Zealand?

23 Apr 18, 5:18pm

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53 comments

Tex Edwards cooks up a multi course recipe to improve housing affordability in New Zealand. With market failure more government involvement is required, he argues
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ANZ says Government’s 20% debt target is ‘arbitrary’

23 Apr 18, 2:50pm

Jason Walls

20 comments

The country's biggest bank is suggesting New Zealand’s 'urgent' need for infrastructure outweighs the Government’s 'arbitrary [debt] target'
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Twyford: ‘Our Government is open for business’

16 Apr 18, 1:24pm

Jason Walls

54 comments

The Minister of Transport Phil Twyford says there is a “great deal of interest” from private capital providers when it comes to investing in New Zealand’s transport infrastructure – he is welcoming their interest
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Twyford fills in some details

13 Apr 18, 9:34am

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49 comments

Housing Minister Phil Twyford opens up a little more about the Unitec development in interview with Mt Albert Inc editor Bruce Morris
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KiwiBuild speedbump – dwelling sizes might be an issue for lenders

5 Apr 18, 5:27pm

Jason Walls

66 comments

National’s Judith Collins says the likely small size of the dwellings in the new Unitec development housing area will put pressure on borrowers, as it means banks will require a larger deposit
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Tāmaki Regeneration Company goes it alone

4 Apr 18, 5:15pm

Gareth Vaughan

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Shortlisted development and investment consortia don't pass muster for the Tāmaki Regeneration Company
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Government striving to reduce 'appalling number of road deaths'

3 Apr 18, 4:25pm

admin

99 comments

Govt's 10-year draft land transport plan eyes regional roading improvements, state highway maintenance & public transport, plus new investment in rapid transit & rail
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This week's guest Top 10

2 Apr 18, 9:59am

Guest

12 comments

Paul Barber from the NZ Council of Christian Social Services on winds of change, rental culture changes, reining in predatory lending, poverty and inequality, living wages and more
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Ministry of Transport warns Twyford of ‘significant’ fuel tax concerns

28 Mar 18, 3:58pm

Jason Walls

43 comments

Ministry of Transport says the burden of the Auckland fuel tax could actually fall on people in rural communities – Minister of Transport brushes off concerns
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Unitec housing scheme will test the viability of intensification in Auckland

27 Mar 18, 10:04am

Greg Ninness

160 comments

The Government's plans to build 3000-4000 affordable homes in Mt Albert will be a litmus test for both its KiwiBuild scheme and Auckland Council's Unitary Plan
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Govt announces Kiwibuild project

25 Mar 18, 1:26pm

David Hargreaves

176 comments

Housing and Urban Development Minister says 29 hectares of Unitec land at Mt Albert will be transferred to Crown ownership; between 3000 and 4000 homes to be constructed
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Speculation rife Ardern will make major housing announcement on Sunday

23 Mar 18, 4:13pm

Jason Walls

50 comments

The PM and Housing Minister have invited media to Unitec in Auckland's Mt Albert on Sunday for a ‘significant announcement’
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Twyford giveth and Twyford taketh away

22 Mar 18, 3:04pm

Jason Walls

141 comments

The Housing Minister introduces two pieces of legislation to Parliament – one to ban letting fees, the other to slap Aucklanders with a fuel tax
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Where are the KiwiBuild houses? Twyford responds to Collins

21 Mar 18, 12:44pm

Jason Walls

34 comments

National’s housing spokeswoman Judith Collins challenges Housing Minister Phil Twyford over a lack of KiwiBuild homes so far
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Pre-fabricating a brighter future

19 Mar 18, 4:07pm

David Hargreaves

72 comments

The Government's decision to have a 'significant' portion of the Kiwibuild houses pre-fabricated is logical, but risky
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Twyford expects ‘significant’ number of KiwiBuild houses to be prefabs

16 Mar 18, 8:20am

Jason Walls

109 comments

Housing Minister Phil Twyford is anticipating a significant chunk of the Government’s KiwiBuild homes will be prefabricated and expects overseas companies to help get the work done
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All around the houses

12 Mar 18, 3:41pm

David Hargreaves

61 comments

David Hargreaves fears the Government's desire to push through difficult-to-implement offshore housing buyer legislation may prove a distraction in tackling the most pressing housing shortage issues
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KiwiBuild - Otherwise known as 'pulling numbers out of your a*#e'

8 Mar 18, 2:34pm

Gareth Kiernan

164 comments

Gareth Kiernan argues Labour’s KiwiBuild policy looks like less of a game-changer for the construction sector & housing affordability than the Govt has made it out to be
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