Publication or Resource

He Kāinga Oranga: reflections on 25 years of measuring the improved health, wellbeing and sustainability of healthier housing.
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand,
Online.
Housing and Health for Whānau Māori (PhD)
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Thompson-Fawcett, M.
At ease in the city: Neighbourhood as an extension of the cosy Swedish home.
Wellbeing, Space and Society,
3, 100114.
Berghan, J. Thompson-Fawcet, M. Ivory, V. Witten, K. Duncan, S. Ka'ai, T. Yates, A. Hinckson, E.
Inclusive and collective urban home spaces: The future of housing in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Wellbeing, Space and Society,
3, 100080.

News

A greater proportion of public housing in communities supports tenant health

Media release
Recently-published research has found public housing tenants living in areas with a higher proportion of public housing actually had better health outcomes than those living in areas with lower densities of public housing tenants.

New research partnership will help improve council homes

Media release

Wellington City Council has put out a Media Release on their research collaboration with the NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities on the Public Housing & Urban Regeneration Programme funded by MBIE

Think outside the box on housing for sustainable future, researchers urge

Media release
New Zealand urgently needs to increase the diversity and quality of its housing stock if it is to meet its goal of reducing the country’s carbon emissions by 2030 and meet the needs of our diverse population, researchers at the University of Otago say.

Interview with Dr Crystal Olin

Interview

Dr Crystal Olin was interviewed recently by Liam Hansen of Radio 95bFM about efforts to green our cities.

High inflation forces families to choose between basics

Interview

Dr Kimberley O'Sullivan, Otago University researcher at He Kāinga Oranga, Housing and Health Research Programme, was interviewed by Māni Dunlop for Radio New Zealand’s Midday Report on 18 October 2

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