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The planned shared ownership schemes mean thousands of families won't need to save as much for a deposit - and once in a home, their repayments won't be as high.
Joseph Fa'afiu says his experience of rent-to-own with Habitat for Humanity was a game-changer five years ago, when saving for a house deposit was impossible.
"It's awesome to know that you're not paying someone else's mortgage - you are paying towards something you can own at the end of the day," he says.
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A terrified 9-year-old football player ran from the field crying after being verbally abused by an opposition player's parent who threatened to rip the child from the pitch.
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Housing Minister Megan Woods says committing to specific KiwiBuild targets was a mistake, admitting today the Government should not have wedded itself to the 100,000-KiwiBuild-homes target.
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Medical professionals at the forefront of the measles outbreak have said there will be fatalities if the disease continues to spread.
Nine new cases have been recorded in Auckland since yesterday and seven more added to the national total.
As of 2pm today, there have been 821 cases of measles in Auckland, and 991 confirmed cases notified across New Zealand.
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A Tongan woman has opened up about the toll of racist abuse she has suffered since moving to New Zealand.
In 2014, Maryanne Tupou moved to Christchurch, and has since been on the other end of diminishing remarks made by people in public.
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A Nelson doctor still has a medical licence, despite being found guilty on eight charges of making an intimate visual recording.
A medical tribunal released its findings on Wednesday. The doctor, Samuel John Simpson Wilson, was convicted in the Nelson District Court last year, and sentenced to seven months' home detention.
He worked at Nelson Hospital. The New Zealand Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal said he had a camera disguised as a door opener and attached to his car keys.
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The man whose child sex abuse case gripped the city of Christchurch and the nation, has died.
Peter Ellis's death comes just five weeks after he was allowed to make a last bid to clear his name before the Supreme Court.
The 61-year-old was jailed for a decade in 1993, on 16 counts of sexual offending against seven children at the Christchurch Civic creche.
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Rotorua people are swinging into action with food, accommodation and translators to help the survivors of a bus crash near the town that left multiple tourists dead and injured.
It's still unknown how many people were killed when the bus, carrying more than 20 people, rolled on State Highway 5, near Waiohotu Rd and Galaxy Rd, Mamaku, at 11.20am on Wednesday. Multiple people were taken to hospitals in Hamilton, Rotorua and Tauranga.
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