Proposals for methamphetamine regulations which will apply to residential tenancies

A discussion document is on the Ministry website and submissions are welcome up to 20 February 2023
24-11-2022 more >>

OCR increased to 4.25 percent

The Committee agreed that the OCR needs to reach a higher level, and sooner than previously indicated, to ensure inflation returns to within its target range over the medium term.
23-11-2022 more >>

The island with a crisis

There has been recent publicity* around the shortage of residential rentals on Waiheke Island. There, the lack of reasonably-priced rentals is seriously affecting those people who earn quite modest incomes as they work in the Island’s service industries.
21-11-2022 more >>

NZPIF members support greater stability for tenants

It is good to see that the Chief Human Rights Commissioner, Paul Hunt, is acknowledging that people who rent their homes are now moving between tenancies less often than in past years.
09-11-2022 more >>

MPIA - New Speaker Andy Stewart, REINZ Ambassador Palmerston North

Andy Stewart will discuss the property market. How it is, what is happening and how it will be
02-11-2022 more >>

Best wishes to all rental property owners from Andrew King

By the time you are reading this, my wife, Sarah, and I will be starting a seven-month motorbike journey from San Francisco to Santiago in Chile. This is part one of a plan to motorbike around the Americas. Naturally this means my 26-year involvement (nearly half my life!) with the rental property industry is coming to an end. It has certainly been a journey and I’d like to thank Sarah and the kids for putting up with a lot.
01-11-2022 more >>