Garden shed, sleepout and garage rules to be eased by Government

RNZ | Anneke Smith | August 5, 2025

Consenting rules for small garden sheds, sleepouts and garages are being changed by the coalition Government. [Read the full article here]

Government takes trimmer to garden shed and sleepout red tape

STUFF | loyd Burr | August 5, 2025

By the end of the year, you’ll be allowed to build your garden shed or small sleepout right up to the boundary, and your garage only needs to be 1m away from the neighbour’s boundary, but one expert says the existing rules are largely ignored anyway. [Read the full article here]

Largely ignored rules around garden sheds binned by Cabinet

The Post | Dita De Boni | August 5, 2025

The Government says proposed new rules around the distance that structures like garden sheds, sleepouts and garages must keep from a property’s boundary, announced today, will help those “bogged down by bureaucracy”. [Read the full article here]