Homelessness in Rotorua requires multi-pronged approach

“There is no quick fix, there isn’t just one solution and there isn’t one single provider or agency that will resolve this on their own,” the mayor says. “The Ministry of Social Development’s Housing First programme will be in Rotorua soon to provide long-term housing...

​Dr O’Sullivan visits appalling homes of sick Kiwi kids

Dr O’Sullivan recently moved from Northland to Auckland and he says he thought he knew what poverty was. “On my second day working as a GP in Auckland I was confronted by something I never thought I would see in this city. “I met a 28-year-old solo mother who is...

Innovative housing complex designed for Wellington

These were the ingredients for the ArchEngBuild 2018 Challenge held at Victoria University of Wellington between 4-6 July, and the result was some truly future-thinking medium-density housing designs for our capital city. Now in its seventh year, ArchEngBuild brings...

​ Supportive housing in central Auckland

The Minister, and Housing New Zealand deputy board chair Vui Mark Gosche, this morning unveiled plans to build 280 new purpose built apartments with on-site wrap-around health and support services. These will replace 87 units on the site built more than 60 years ago....

Shelter Gives Homeless Women a Safe Place to Sleep This Winter

The Auckland City Mission’s Te Whare Manaaki Wāhine women’s shelter provides safe, welcoming, and temporary accommodation for women starting from Sunday 1 July. With construction on the City Mission’s new Mission HomeGround redevelopment due to start in October, the...

​Door opens to affordable home ownership

“Today is a milestone in the Government’s ambitious programme to restore affordable homeownership. “With the first KiwiBuild homes on track to be completed shortly and many more in the pipeline, we are now at a stage where the KiwiBuild Unit can open its doors and...