Habitat for Humanity’s Submission to the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill
Submission to Residential Tenancies (Prohibiting Letting Fees) Amendment Bill Habitat for Humanity New Zealand and Affiliated Companies 23rd May 2018 Habitat for Humanity New Zealand (Habitat) and its 11 affiliated regional companies, welcome the Amendment to...
It’s more than just a house
Gisborne woman Pimia Hewett says that reaching the five-year mark in her whanau’s assisted home ownership journey has come with overwhelming feelings of “perseverance and love”.
Hear about a Habitat family in Nepal
Meet Chandra Kumari Dahuwar, a survivor of the 2015 Nepal earthquakes, and a Habitat homeowner in Nepal. Many families in Nepal are still recovering from the 2015 earthquakes, which partially damaged or destroyed more than one million homes. You can help...
Habitat for Humanity launches campaign for large scale rebuild in Tonga
Habitat for Humanity New Zealand launched a campaign to assist long term recovery efforts in Samoa and Tonga following Cyclone Gita at an event at the housing charity’s South Auckland premises on Sunday April 22nd. In the last few months, Habitat for Humanity has...
Russian couple Sergey and Valerie have started life afresh in New Zealand by volunteering at the Rotorua ReStore
A former news presenter and journalist have started a new life in New Zealand, volunteering for Habitat for Humanity ReStore Rotorua.
My 10th Global Village build
I have just returned from my 10th GV build. It was an amazing, exciting feeling going away again even though I have been to Fiji five times. I know the staff at Habitat Fiji well, but meeting a new homeowner, working in a new area and with a completely different team,...
A home that is free from crowding – a right for all people (#3 Six Dimensions of Housing Adequacy)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms access to adequate housing as a vital part of human rights. The Six Dimensions of Housing Adequacy is used by Statistics New Zealand, and Habitat for Humanity CNI to describe and identify what we mean by a “decent”...