Does your rental meet the Healthy Homes Standards?
Since 1 July 2025 every property with a Rental Agreement needs to comply. The rules set basic standards for heating, insulation and ventilation.
- Landlords need to provide one or more fixed heaters that can directly heat a home's main living room. These need to meet the minimum heating capacity.
- Properties need to be insulated in the ceiling and under the floor. Be aware that the design of the home sometimes means this is not possible, so exemptions may apply.
- Every liveable area needs a window or door that opens to the outdoors and can be fixed open.
- Kitchens and bathrooms need extractor fans.
- All rental properties also need efficient drainage, guttering and downpipes and any gaps or holes need to be blocked.
If you don’t think your rental meets these standards these are your next steps.
1. Talk to your landlord or property manager and check for a healthy homes compliance statement in your tenancy agreements.
2. You can give landlords a 14-day notice to resolve, requiring action on specific things. See link below for a template form.
3. If you have no luck with these steps, you can apply to the Tenancy Tribunal for help. A link to their website, which has lots of useful information, is below.
You can call Tenancy Services on 0800 836 262 (0800 TENANCY) if you need advice.
If you are in a flatting situation, check out the link to HousingAdvice to see if these rules apply.
Poll: Are Kiwis allergic to “exuberance”? 🥝
In The Post’s opinion piece on the developments set to open across Aotearoa in 2026, John Coop suggests that, as a nation, we’re “allergic to exuberance.”
We want to know: Are we really allergic to showing our excitement?
Is it time to lean into a more optimistic view of the place we call home? As big projects take shape and new opportunities emerge, perhaps it’s worth asking whether a little more confidence (and enthusiasm!) could do us some good.
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41.9% Yes
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31.7% Maybe?
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26.4% No
2025 has been massive. The Luxon-led Government's attacks on workers, on Te Tiriti, on pay equity, on educators, on health workers, and on the public service, have been relentless.
But despite everything thrown at working people, we've also seen some massive wins. We've fought back together with strike action. We've unified with days of action. We have focused on what matters. Make no mistake, 2026 will be wild, and we are ready for it! Source - New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Brain Teaser of the Day 🧠✨ Can You Solve It? 🤔💬
How many balls of string does it take to reach the moon?
(Peter from Carterton kindly provided this head-scratcher ... thanks, Peter!)
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