Queenstown’s Joan of Arc is battling for affordable housing
Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes they walk among us and perform their magic without needing to transform into someone different. It’s the seemingly ordinary-looking jobs that can have a tremendous effect. Meet Julie Scott, the executive officer of the Queenstown...Celebrations for Wellington’s new Selwyn Sprott Village
Following the announcement in July that The Selwyn Foundation and Sprott House Trust had entered into a conditional agreement, with a view to Selwyn purchasing the village after a three month transitional period, the sale has completed and Sprott House has now joined...Offsite manufacturers keen to partner with KiwiBuild
The KiwiBuild Unit has received 102 responses for its Invitation to Pitch for offsite manufacturers, Minister of Housing and Urban Development Phil Twyford announced today. KiwiBuild’s Invitation to Pitch for Offsite Manufacturing has closed. It asked companies...Emotional start to homelessness debate
Social service agencies, a school principal and a mother who had recently been homeless described the dire emotional and physical toll that homelessness takes, especially on women and children who make up New Zealand’s largest category of homeless people. A Lower Hutt...