— Latest Events

  • 21st International Conference on Urban Health

    Conference

    The NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities has won a bid to host the 21st International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH 2025) in November 2025 at Tākina in Wellington. This is the first time the International Society of Urban Health's annual conference has come to our region and it is a major coup for our research centre and a tribute to the hard work and support of our partners Wellington City Council, Business Events Wellington, Tourism New Zealand and the University of Otago.

  • Knowledge Exchange Workshop 2025 PHUR Research Programme

    Presentation

    This week at Te Papa we held the last Knowledge Exchange Workshop for the Public Housing and Urban Regeneration research programme. This five-year research programme was funded by the MBIE Endeavour Fund and will conclude at the end of 2025. 

  • Exploring Equity and Equality in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Seminar

    Te Tapeke Fair Futures
    Exploring Equity and Equality in Aotearoa New Zealand

     

    Venue: Aronui Lecture Theatre, Royal Society Te Apārangi, 11 Turnbull Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011

    Join experts from Royal Society Te Apārangi Te Tapeke Fair Futures panel as they highlight some of the important choices New Zealanders face in determining fair futures in this country. Our renowned panellists will share their unique expertise and inspire new ideas about a fair, just, and equitable future in conversation with journalist and writer Rebecca Macfie.

  • PHUR Knowledge Exchange Workshop

    Presentation
    We recently held our annual Knowledge Exchange Workshop for our Public Housing and Urban Regeneration Programme
  • Speaking truth to power: The impact of research evidence in improving population health

    Public Lecture
     

    Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman recently delivered the Distinguished Research Medal lecture at the University of Otago Wellington. 

  • Opening of Mahora Te Aroha - Dwell Housing Trust's new development

    Wellington-based housing provider Dwell Housing Trust has opened the doors to Mahora Te Aroha
  • Opening of Pukehinau Kai Hub, Te Ngaehe o Rau Hīnau

    The new Pukehinau Kai Hub at Te Toi Mahana's Pukehinau housing complex is being studied by researchers interested in any impacts of the project on tenant and community wellbeing.
  • Seminar: Housing & health research into policy, Homelessness & health recent findings

    Seminar
    We held a seminar as an opportunity for policy makers to meet us, hear about our research and discuss how we can work together to facilitate the translation of policy into practice. Watch the video.
  • Knowledge Exchange Workshop

    Presentation
    The 2023 annual Knowledge Exchange Workshop under the Public Housing and Urban Regeneration Programme
  • The New Zealand Private Rental Sector

    Seminar
    We held a seminar on New Zealand's Private Rental Sector with speakers Karen Witten and Penelope Carroll. Watch the video.
  • Housing and Health for Whānau Māori

    Seminar
    We held a seminar with speakers Amber Logan, Cheryl Davies and Guy Penny on the crucial link between Māori housing and Māori health. Watch the video.
  • Knowledge Exchange Workshop

    Presentation
    The first Knowledge Exchange Workshop under the Public Housing and Urban Regeneration Programme
  • Density Done Well in our Capital: The Importance of Design

    Seminar

    We held a seminar with speakers Crystal Olin and Farzad Zamani on Density Done Well in our Capital: The Importance of Design. Wellington faces many urbanisation challenges, how can densification and good design help contribute to the solution? Watch the video

    Density Done Well in our Capital: The Importance of Design

  • Divergent futures & the long reach of historical extremes in imprisonment

    Seminar

    We held a seminar with speaker Len Cook on the trends in imprisonment of young Māori men in Aotearoa New Zealand over the past thirty to forty years focusing on analysis of cohorts and age groups.

  • Book launch of Improving Buildings, Cutting Carbon

    Book Launch
    We recently launched the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities’ latest book Improving Buildings, Cutting Carbon.