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Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory

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As He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago Wellington, we are urging the Electricity Authority to make the Cons

You don't need to pay rent for a flooded house you can't live in

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You don't have to pay rent for a house you can't live in

The Residential Tenancies Act, the law that governs rentals, says if your flat is destroyed, or

The Panel with Jo McCarroll and Andrew Hoggard (Part 2)

Interview

Wallace and panellists Jo McCarroll and Andrew Hoggard discuss if Aotearoa should have a national design agency, with urban design a controversial topic.

Doctor Kimberley O'Sullivan says Pre-pay power customers more likely to struggle

Interview

Kimberley O'Sullivan, a researcher at the University of Otago's Department of Public Health says pre-pay consumers are more likely to be struggling than

McCarroll and Andrew Hoggard (Part 2)

Interview

More support urged for many struggling to keep warm in winter

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More support urged for many struggling to keep warm in winter 

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State housing evictions lead to homelessness and cost everyone more 2′29″

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State housing evictions lead to homelessness and cost everyone more

Midday Report (24 Nov 2021)

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Being forced to leave your rental home can harm health

Blog

Eviction, or a forced move from rental housing, is a common experience for New Zealand renters, yet we know very little about its effects.

Publication or Resource

Toy-Cronin, B.
(2022).
Sustaining Tenancies or Swift Evictions: Rent Arrears in the Tenancy Tribunal
Victoria University of Wellington Law Review
53(1), 105–128.
Abstract

There is a contradiction at the centre of tenancy practice and policy.

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