It's positive news for hubs like Auckland and Wellington where housing affordability gains have been most visible. 

Cotality NZ’s new report finds the national value-to-income ratio reached its lowest point since mid-2019 in the June quarter, at 7.5%.  

One Roof Editor Owen Vaughan told Ryan Bridge buyers should target housing pockets like Auckland's Otara, where's there a lot of value. 

He says prices have come down around 20% since Covid, and houses can go for around 600 thousand dollars. 

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It's positive news for hubs like Auckland and Wellington where housing affordability gains have been most visible.&nbsp;
Cotality NZ’s new report finds the national value-to-income ratio reached its lowest point since mid-2019 in the June quarter, at 7.5%. &nbsp;
One Roof Editor Owen Vaughan told Ryan Bridge buyers should target housing pockets like Auckland's Otara, where's there a lot of value.&nbsp;
He says prices have come down around 20% since Covid, and houses can go for around 600 thousand dollars.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

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Owen Vaughan: OneRoof Editor on rising housing affordability

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It's thought there are few silver linings to come from the Government's road cone hotline. 

The pilot, which encouraged the public to report excessive cone use, ends tomorrow, six months ahead of schedule. 

Site visits found 86% of worksites were already compliant, and Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden says the trial has done what it needed to do. 

CEO of traffic management company Parallaxx Dave Tilton told Andrew Dickens some of the data collection may be useful. 

He says it brought the road control authorities including NZTA, WorkSafe, and councils together well. 

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It's thought there are few silver linings to come from the Government's road cone hotline.&nbsp;
The pilot, which encouraged the public to report excessive cone use, ends tomorrow, six months ahead of schedule.&nbsp;
Site visits found 86% of worksites were already compliant, and Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden says the trial has done what it needed to do.&nbsp;
CEO of traffic management company Parallaxx Dave Tilton told Andrew Dickens some of the data collection may be useful.&nbsp;
He says it brought the road control authorities including NZTA, WorkSafe, and councils together well.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Dave Tilton: Parallaxx CEO on the road cone tipline ending six months early

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One of the major banks is predicting some of the best quarterly GDP figures in years. 

Stats NZ is releasing the economic figures for the three months ending September this morning, with the Reserve Bank's forecasting growth of 0.4%. 

Westpac predicts a 0.9% gain, putting that down to a jump in activity across the board. 

Chief Economist Kelly Eckhold told Andrew Dickens it would fill in a hole from the previous quarter. 

But he says there needs to be two or three quarters of growth before people can be confident the country is on an upward trend. 

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One of the major banks is predicting some of the best quarterly GDP figures in years.&nbsp;
Stats NZ is releasing the economic figures for the three months ending September this morning, with the Reserve Bank's forecasting growth of 0.4%.&nbsp;
Westpac predicts a 0.9% gain, putting that down to a jump in activity across the board.&nbsp;
Chief Economist Kelly Eckhold told Andrew Dickens it would fill in a hole from the previous quarter.&nbsp;
But he says there needs to be two or three quarters of growth before people can be confident the country is on an upward trend.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Kelly Eckhold: Westpac Chief Economist ahead of the Q3 GDP announcement

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The self-inflicted deaths of six Northland young people reveals dangerous flaws in our suicide prevention system.

An inquiry by Northland Coroner Tania Tetitaha into the deaths calls for a single, coordinated system. 

The youths had worked with up to 17 agencies - that hadn't seemed to identify or follow up on their need for support. 

Mindworks psychologist Sara Chatwin told Andrew Dickens we don't need more thinking groups and documentation, but rather people who have the skills and willingness to deal with these issues. 

She says in New Zealand, we clearly have a huge problem that other countries are very aware of. 

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The self-inflicted deaths of six Northland young people reveals dangerous flaws in our suicide prevention system.
An inquiry by Northland Coroner Tania Tetitaha into the deaths calls for a single, coordinated system.&nbsp;
The youths had worked with up to 17 agencies - that hadn't seemed to identify or follow up on their need for support.&nbsp;
Mindworks psychologist Sara Chatwin told Andrew Dickens we don't need more thinking groups and documentation, but rather people who have the skills and willingness to deal with these issues.&nbsp;
She says in New Zealand, we clearly have a huge problem that other countries are very aware of.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE

Sara Chatwin: Mindworks psychologist on self-inflicted deaths of young people reveal flaws in the suicide prevention system

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/5577268e-cfd8-4438-83e5-b3b6011ea298/transcript

Owen Vaughan: OneRoof Editor on rising housing affordability

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