The Hard Stuff With Nigel Latta - Affording a Home

In this episode of Nigel Latta's unflinching series looking at a range of big issues, New Zealand's housing crisis is interrogated. The psychologist and TV presenter informs viewers that in 2016, New Zealand had the second most expensive housing in the world, relative to income. Speaking to a wide range of experts and everyday Kiwis, he explores many perspectives  — including those who benefit from the way New Zealand's housing market operates, and those who do not. The discussions include renting culture, town planning, unhealthy homes, property investment and whare ukus (rammed earth houses). 

...we've both got really good jobs, so I don't know that we'd get the same opportunites with our work that we currently have now. And I feel it's unfair to have to move out of what is home, just to be able to get onto the housing market — that seems unfair.

– East Auckland renter Linda, on the idea shifting to a cheaper area in order to buy a home, early in this episode4.20)

Key Cast & Crew

Arwen O'Connor

Producer

Nigel Latta

Presenter

Cameron Bennett

Co-Director

Mitchell Hawkes

Co-Director

Mark McNeill

Executive Producer

Justin Hawkes

Editor, Post-Production Director