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Local headlines for Monday, May 24, 2021

Labour Party pamphlet from 1919 shows striking parallels to today's housing crisis Newshub 20/01/2021 Zane Small © Image - Reddit / Getty; Video - Newshub Watch: House prices are predicted to soar in 2021 as Auckland 'property boom' starts again. A Labour Party pamphlet from 1919 shows striking parallels to today's housing crisis, and a political historian says rents back then were as contentious as they are now.  The pamphlet was handed out at a time when Labour had never yet held power in New Zealand. It wasn't until 1935 when the first Labour Government was formed und...

Brian Fallow: A home of your own is a dream worth supporting 10 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at a Kainga Ora development in Māngere. State houses provide a place to live, but not an asset. Photo / Greg Bowker Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at a Kainga Ora development in Māngere. State houses provide a place to live, but not an asset. Photo / Greg Bowker OPINION: The woeful picture of the state of housing in New Zealand that the statisticians delivered this week reflects failure on three fronts: quantity, quality and — no less important — tenure. ...