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• Tenancy Tribunal Slashes Rotorua Pensioner’s Rent by 40 Percent Amid Housing Overhaul

  Published: Apr 15, 2026

  Section: Politics

  The Tenancy Tribunal has ordered a significant rent reduction for a Rotorua pensioner, Mary Smith, after determining that a proposed 143 percent rent increase by the Rotorua Lakes...

• Housing Advocates Demand Independent Certification to Close Healthy Homes Loopholes

  Published: Apr 14, 2026

  Section: Healthy Lifestyle

  Housing advocates and public health experts are calling for the urgent introduction of an independent certification system to ensure rental properties actually meet New Zealand’s H...

• Māori Land Court Rejects Avondale Property Claim

  Published: Apr 10, 2026

  Section: Companies & Industry

  An Auckland man, Jonathan Albert, has failed in his legal bid to prevent Kāinga Ora from removing him from an Avondale property by claiming the land was Māori customary land. The c...