GHD helps Habitat for Humanity build two new homes

Young professionals from the Auckland branch of GHD recently joined forces with Habitat to help design and build two homes for Auckland families in housing need. Teams of volunteers from GHD contributed hundreds of hours of physical labour on the two houses over the...

Decline in Home Ownership will Impact on Future Generations

NZCCSS has released the 19th Vulnerability Report. The report considers how older people (65+) are faring in communities and draws on official data on housing, superannuation, special grants for food and other needs, and compares this with the experiences of social...

Couple thankful for rent-to-own scheme

Wirihana Takuira and Lisa Myers have put their wedding plans on hold to buy a house. They are moving into their new four-bedroom home on September 19 and are expecting their second child soon after. Read the full story on Stuff here.

Resilient Communities Final Research Summit

Monday 29 September, 2014 Rangitane Cultural Centre Ukaipo, 1 Fell St, Grovetown, Blenheim. We have looked at how public, private and community services and institutions can respond better and support older people and their communities to manage and recover from these...