Last updated on 2 April 2025

Change in Housing Affordability Indicators

The Change in Affordability Indicators (CHAI) provides quarterly Territorial Local Authority (TLA), Regional, and National indexes measuring change in housing affordability from the perspectives of Mortgage repayment costs, purchase deposit costs and rents, all relative to changes in income.

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Release date Data as at end
Thursday, 19 June 2025 March 2025
Friday, 19 September 2025 June 2025
TBC September 2025

Housing Dashboard

The Housing Dashboard is a single place to track the progress of key parts of the Government housing programme. It's updated monthly and includes information on public and transitional housing, other housing built by the Government, the housing register and other housing support provided.

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Release date Data as at end
Wednesday, 30 April 2025 March 2025
Wednesday, 28 May 2025 April 2025
Wednesday, 25 June 2025 May 2025
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 June 2025
Wednesday, 27 August 2025 July 2025
Wednesday, 24 September 2025 August 2025
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 September 2025
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 October 2025
TBC November 2025

Local Housing Statistics

Local Housing Statistics provides indicators of housing need, rental affordability, and home ownership affordability in each of Aotearoa New Zealand’s 67 Territorial Local Authorities (TLAs).

You can see a detailed breakdown of these statistics over time and see how each TLA compares to the rest of Aotearoa New Zealand.

View Local Housing Statistics

Release date Data as at end
Thursday, 1 May 2025 March 2025
Thursday, 29 May 2025 April 2025
Thursday, 26 June 2025 May 2025
Thursday, 31 July 2025 June 2025
Thursday, 28 August 2025 July 2025
Thursday, 25 September 2025 August 2025
Thursday, 30 October 2025 September 2025
Thursday, 27 November 2025 October 2025

MAIHI Ka Ora Ka Mārama

MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama, the Māori Housing Dashboard, provides access to consistent, reliable data to support whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori organisations when they make decisions about housing. It also shows the progress that’s being made in achieving safe, healthy, affordable homes with secure tenure for whānau across the Māori housing continuum.

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Release date Data as at end
Monday, 5 May 2025 March 2025
Monday, 11 August 2025 June 2025
Monday, 10 November 2025 September 2025

National Policy Statement: Urban Development (NPS UD) Dashboard

The NPS UD Dashboard provides quarterly data for residential housing market, rental market, and building consent derivatives at Expanded Urban Area (EUA), Territorial Local Authority (TLA), and Ward area level, in order for the TLA to complete pro-forma Housing and Business Land Capacity Assessment (HBA) reports.

View the NPS UD Dashboard(external link)

Release date Data as at end
Wednesday, 30 April 2025 March 2025
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 June 2025
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 September 2025

Rotorua Temporary Housing Dashboard

The Rotorua Temporary Housing dashboard is produced jointly by HUD and MSD and provides monthly reporting on the use of temporary housing options in Rotorua.

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Data as at end
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 March 2025
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 April 2025
Thursday, 19 June 2025 May 2025
Monday, 21 July 2025 June 2025
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 July 2025
Friday, 19 September 2025 August 2025
Monday, 20 October 2025 September 2025
Thursday, 20 November 2025 October 2025
TBC November 2025

He Oranga Kāinga, He Oranga Hapori - Housing and Urban Development Indicators

He Oranga Kāinga, He Oranga Hapori - Housing and Urban Development Indicators track progress towards the long-term goals in the Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development and MAIHI Ka Ora, the National Māori Housing Strategy. These indicators are designed to show progress over the next five to ten years.

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Release date

Data as at end
Wednesday, 30 April 2025 June 2024

Exploring Māori Housing Data Sources

Exploring Māori Housing Data Sources provides information on Māori housing data sources to help researchers, policy analysts and others with an interest in Māori housing data to find and understand what data is available.

Release date

Data as at end
Tuesday 17 December Not applicable