New capital gains too late and to weak

New capital gains too late and to weak

 Mana News editor Joe Trinder The National governments capital gains tax that they claim is not a capital gains tax is too late and to weak. This poor attempt to suppress the housing crisis with a Neo-Liberal approach has foreign property investors who can’t vote for the National party hold onto their investment property for […]

Are Ministers selling state housing to themselves?

Are Ministers selling state housing to themselves?

 Mana News editor Joe Trinder The Tamaki redevelopment company is broken up into three shareholders Auckland council, Bill English and Nick Smith.  Both English and Smith own 29.5% of the shares while Auckland council own 41%. On the companies office website the shareholders for The Tamaki redevelopment company limited click here Is this a blatant attempt by […]

National adds another hurdle for families in crisis

National adds another hurdle for families in crisis

 Mana Vice President John Minto It’s obvious to most that if current Minister of Social Housing Paula Bennett or the Prime Minister’s mother had faced the sorts of hurdles today’s low-income families face then neither would be in leading political roles today. State housing news last week was headlined with the National government decision to […]

Government to strip state housing in Tamaki

Government to strip state housing in Tamaki

 Mana vice president John Minto Callous government prepares to asset strip state housing in Tamaki The government decision to hand over 2,800 state houses in Glen Innes, Point England and Panmure to the Tamaki Redevelopment Company is asset-stripping state housing and will result in greater struggle for low-income tenants and families. “This is a nasty […]

Te Ururoa Flavell the Tony Abbott of New Zealand

Te Ururoa Flavell the Tony Abbott of New Zealand

 Mana News editor Joe Trinder The Minister of Maori development Te Ururoa Flavell is cutting back on Maori community services that provide for thousands of whanau. One social worker who wishes to remain anonymous described the minister “Te Ururoa is the Tony Abbott of New Zealand politics cutting back on essential services for Maori communities.” Fifty […]

The Time has Come for Rent Control

The Time has Come for Rent Control

Linda Socialist Aotearoa By any measure, the housing market in Auckland is overheated.  Thousands of Kiwi first home buyers are being forced out by Speculators looking for a way to trade printed  money for physical assets.  New Zealanders are witnessing the effects of the quantitative easing “tsunami” washing up on our shores.  Some see this […]

FROM GI TO KAITAIA

FROM GI TO KAITAIA

Mana leader Hone Harawira A few months ago Tariana Turia launched her social housing policy in Kaitaia, where Ricky Houghton is trying to build a community for people struggling to get a home to live in, using some of the houses taken from Glen Innes after people had been evicted and their homes removed, in […]

Paraplegic man to be evicted on Monday POSTPONED

Paraplegic man to be evicted on Monday POSTPONED

Mana News editor Joe Trinder UPDATE the minister of social development has postponed the eviction. On Monday Raniera Kahui Ariki is getting evicted from his state house. A small group of supporters have turned up to occupy the premise before the bailiff comes to make a paraplegic man  homeless. Anybody wanting to show support for […]

Housing New Zealand to evict disabled man in wheelchair

Housing New Zealand to evict disabled man in wheelchair

 Mana News editor Joe Trinder The National Governments sinister 90 day eviction plan has begun as part of their neighborhood gentrification program. Raniera Kahu Ariki who is wheel chair bound, has been handed a 90 day eviction notice to get out of his Mount Albert state house after 7 years. Mr Kahu Ariki who lives […]

Mana to fight for state housing

Mana to fight for state housing

 Mana News editor Joe Trinder With the National government set to sell off 8000 state houses an important meeting hosted by the Tamaki Housing group yesterday in the former RSA in Panmure Auckland . The meeting was an invitation specifically to political leaders of every party to attend the following leaders were invited Te Uuroa […]