• A greater proportion of public housing in communities supports tenant health

    A greater proportion of public housing in communities … Arbitrarily limiting the proportion of public housing in new housing developments curtails the amount of public …
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  • Budget 2023 goes a long way to improving housing and wellbeing

    … K ā inga Ora – Home and Communities, a Crown agency, has been funded in the Budget to build an extra 3,000 new public homes on top … tahi, for example the Large-Scale Development Projects and City Rail Link in Auckland, collaboratively and specifically …
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  • Spotlight on housing: new report looks at growing inequity in housing in Aotearoa and possible solutions

    … The report is one in a series by Te Tapeke Fair Futures panel, convened by Royal … public issues through a fairness lens. “Differences in housing are a huge part of inequity in Aotearoa New …
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  • Progress slow on Wellington and Auckland’s carbon emissions

    … Associate Professor Ralph Chapman  was lead author of a Victoria University of Wellington-led study which suggests … Wellington and Auckland, the cities still have a way to go in reducing carbon emissions from transport. Published … in both cities has been modest, to date, and neither city’s emissions are falling significantly. Read the full …
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  • Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand Warm, dry, safe housing is undersupplied by the market in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and councils have underinvested in … budget allocations for infrastructure, but there is still a shortage of habitable safe housing for low-income …
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  • Housing researchers win the Rutherford Medal, NZ’s top research honour

    … the Rutherford Medal annually. It comes with $100,000 in prize money from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and recognises preeminent research in any field of engineering, humanities, mathematics, sciences, social science or technology. In a statement announcing the award, the society says while New …
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  • Public Health Summer School symposiums 2021

    … 2021 symposiums at the University of Otago Wellington in February. Building for zero carbon by 2050  and  Eviction … is responsible for 20% of NZ’s carbon emissions and has a key a role to play in achieving our goals for zero carbon emissions by 2050. …
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  • Well designed bus stop bypasses can improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians

    … Keren is a student at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) and a … Centre for Sustainable Cities. Her research was done in collaboration with Wellington City Council (WCC) as part of VUW’s summer scholarship …
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  • Toward a Framework for Resilience Assessments

    In a recently published article arising out of the Resilient Urban Futures programme the authors seek to develop … understandings of urban infrastructure and resilience in urban systems. Coulson G, Moores J, Waa A, Kearns R, …
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  • Māori Wellbeing: A Guide for Housing Providers

    …   Māori Wellbeing: A Guide for Housing Providers (the Guide) was created as a learning and development tool primarily for housing … of discussions with community housing providers involved in the Public Housing and Urban Regeneration Research …
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