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… amenities including drinkable tap water, electricity, a toilet, and a kitchen sink, a new report from the He Kāinga Oranga/Housing and Health …NewsFunding for new research on public housing & urban regeneration
… A University of Otago research proposal has been awarded an … by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. In the five-year project Public housing and urban … Regeneration Project, Wainuiomata Marae Trust, Wellington City Council, Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust and the …NewsBook launch of Improving Buildings, Cutting Carbon
… The book is a collection of essays by a wide range of experts in the area of decarbonising new and existing buildings while … on the challenges and opportunities to New Zealand in the transition to a zero carbon future. Please contact …NewsGovt rushes to fix its own error that helped collapse the construction sector
… Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman comments in this op-ed in The Press on the Government's recent policy proposal to … She suggests it is ill-conceived and an attempt to correct a collapse in the construction industry brought on in part by …NewsSome forecasts for the year ahead
… agenda, the Government faces the challenge of keeping a steady eye on the ball on other key issues facing Aotearoa in 2022. Professor Philippa Howden-Capman is one of the … of Otago researchers invited to analyse the year ahead in politics, climate change, housing, and the child …NewsInterview with Dr Crystal Olin
… recently by Liam Hansen of Radio 95bFM about efforts to green our cities. This was in the wake of the release of the latest Intergovernmental … that without immediate action the earth could reach a 1.5 degree Celsius rise in temperature by 2030. Please …NewsWhat needs to be done to New Zealand’s cities as water levels rise
… safeguard against impending sea level rise, according to a researcher specialising in sustainable cities. Dr Crystal Olin, a researcher with the University of Otago's Centre for …NewsProfessor Philippa Howden-Chapman delivers the Rutherford lecture
… examples of housing intervention research internationally. In this lecture Professor Howden-Chapman focuses on the priorities for housing at a time of cost-of-living pressure and stretched markets, and recent weather events in Aotearoa New Zealand. … Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman …NewsThe Government’s transport plans work against our health
… In this Public Health Communication Centre briefing … outline the harms to health of the policies proposed in the Draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport 2024-34. The briefing is based on a submission 22 researchers made on the Draft GPS recently. … …News‘Central City Safer Speeds’ project
… Michael Keall, and Philippa Howden-Chapman, recently made a submission to Wellington City Council’s Let’s Get Wellington Moving’s ‘ Central City Safer Speeds’ proposal . … ‘Central City Safer Speeds’ …News