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Date Introduction
12/08/2008 Capital PIA - 2008 Annual General Meeting Agenda & Nomination Form
Capital PIA 2008 Annual General Meeting is scheduled to be held at 7.15 pm Tuesday 12 August 2008 at the National Library Auditorium, Corner Aitkin & Mulgave Street, Thorndon, Wellington. .....more-->
10/07/2007 Capital PIA - Notice of 2007 Annual General Meeting
Capital PIA - Committee Nomination Form
Capital PIA 2007 Annual General Meeting is scheduled to be held at 7.15 pm Tuesday 14 August 2007 at the Kingsgate Portland Hotel, 24 Hawkstone Street, Thorndon, Wellington. .....more-->
14/06/2007 IRD confirms no favouritism for property. This is a view that has been spread around by various groups over the years and it is good that the IRD has publically corrected this false impression. .....more-->
13/06/2007 Inland Revenue says it is a myth that investments in housing have a tax advantage over other types of investment. .....more-->
04/06/2007 TENANCY TRIBUNAL DATABASE – June launch
The Department of Building & Housing has advised that the long promised on-line Tenancy Tribunal database has been further delayed, due to software problems, and will not be “launched” until mid-June.

The database should enable landlords (and tenants) to search a website containing all Tenancy Tribunal decisions – albeit historic and after the appeal period for each decision has passed.
20/05/2007

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) has extended the current insulation programme that it offers through the NZ Property Investors’ Federation (NZPIF) and Eco Insulation extension to June 30....more -->
02/03/2007 Email Notifications Help Keep Track of Tenancy Tribunal Applications. It is now possible to receive an email to notify you when the Department of Building and Housing has processed a Tenancy Tribunal application from you. This email will contain your application number. You’ll also receive an email if your application is sent to Swift telephone mediation to be resolved.
This new service will help you keep track of your application, and be assured that it has been received by the Department when you send it in.
To receive email notifications please provide an accurate, clearly written email address when you make a Tenancy Tribunal application.
If you have provided your email address and do not receive an email notification within 48 hours of making an application, please phone 0800 TENANCY (0800 83 62 62).
27/01/2007 Get Your Rental Property Insulated And Energy Wise For Less Than Half Price. The Energy and Conservation Authority (EECA) is offering NZPIF members a 55% subsidy on a full house retrofit of insulation and other energy efficient measures for any of their rental properties. This offer does have qualifying conditions:
  • the property has to of been built before 1978;
  • the property has insufficient in-ceiling and under-floor insulation;
  • the tenant must be eligible for a Community Services Card;
  • rent must not be raised within six months of receiving the subsidy; and
  • the landlord is a member of a New Zealand Property Investors Association that belongs to the NZPIF.
For a review of the conditions, benefits and an application form ....down load here (pdf 595k).
11/01/2007 Property Investors’ Welcome Long Overdue Access to Tribunal Decisions - The announcement by Department of Building and Housing that Tenancy Tribunal Decisions will be placed on the internet is great news for the rental industry. The NZ Property Investors’ Federation has lobbied Government for many years to make the public documents easily accessible so that Tenants and Landlords can have better knowledge when making accommodation decisions.....more->
06/12/2006 Student Flat Fire Sparks Reform - A fire at a Dunedin student flat in June 1999 was, in part, the spark that ignited the latest push for tenancy law reform. In 2002, Dunedin District Court Judge Gary MacAskill called for the Residential Tenancies Act to be amended .....more->
29/11/2006 Better housing-related law for Kiwis- Building Issues Minister Clayton Cosgrove today announced .......The latest proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act include limiting the liability of tenants for damage that they did not cause and could not reasonably have prevented extending the coverage of the Act and access to tenancy dispute resolution services to sectors of the community not currently protected.....more->
17/11/2006 Borrowers using trusts warned - People who have a revolving credit mortgage associated with a trust may be facing trouble.Thousands of mortgage customers with trusts are creating gift duty liabilities for themselves....more->
07/11/2006 Landlord insurance Bill Withdrawn - A private member's bill which would have required landlords to insure their tenants has been taken off Parliament's agenda.....more->