Mana Wāhine: the Invisible Homeless Mothers of New Zealand

Oct 16, 2017 | News

(Photo Naomi Haussman) It’s a miserable Christchurch day, with just a few lunch-break workers sheltering with cigarettes under the awning. Tequilla is at the hangi house in Aranui, sandwiched off the road behind Big Gary’s Fish n Chips and a self-service...

​Emergency housing for Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou

Oct 9, 2017 | News

Under a new agreement between Te Puni Kokiri (TPK), the principal adviser on the Crown’s relationship with Māori, and Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou, rooms at Te Tini o Porou (formerly the DB Hotel) will be turned into emergency accommodation units. It will provide...

How Finland ended homelessness

Oct 3, 2017 | News

Radio NZ talked to Juha Kaakinen of the Y Foundation in Finland about this. Listen to Juha Kaakinen on Nine to Noon A recent report by European Union housing organisation FEANTSA found every country in the EU is in the midst of a crisis of homelessness and housing...