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Lamorna Rogers: The housing crisis isn t taking a holiday 6 Apr, 2021 01:00 AM 6 minutes to read The idyllic-looking town of Kororāreka/Russell in the Bay of Islands isn t immune to the pressure on housing. Photo / Getty Images The idyllic-looking town of Kororāreka/Russell in the Bay of Islands isn t immune to the pressure on housing. Photo / Getty Images NZ Herald OPINION I don t know the answer to the housing crisis but I do know that there s some things we re not talking about. We re not talking about what happens in towns where huge shares of the properties are holiday homes. I m talking about towns such as Kororāreka (Russell), our nearest town, where 40 per cent of houses are unoccupied. And that s not because of lack of rental demand. ....