The $380m will be used to build about 1000 additional houses, including a mix of papakāinga and larger scale developments, and for repairs to 700 existing houses. A further $350m will fund infrastructure to support the Māori housing programme. Robertson said infrastructure barriers were contributing to a housing crisis that disproportionately impacts Māori, and the move would address the unique funding and financing barriers to building on whenua Māori.
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Jade Kake is an architectural designer, writer, and housing advocate based in Whangarei. Of Māori and Dutch descent, her tribal affiliations are Ngapuhi, Te Whakatohea and Te Arawa.
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First opened in 2016, Te Kōngahu Museum of Waitangi was a years-long vision which has curated the history of two peoples.
With the weather on the turn, Northland remains one of the best bets in the country for a beach holiday. Yet even the supposedly “winterless north” isn t immune to autumn showers. Luckily, the region isn’t short on rainy-day options in the form of some of Aotearoa’s most intriguing museums. First up on a road trip north is the magnificent Mangawhai Museum. This modern facility has a roofline reminiscent of a stingray, which is a subtle nod to the town’s name (meaning “stream of the stingray”).
Northlanders fed up with forking out for chipped and cracked windscreens
6 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Caryn Leece says windscreen cracks like this one are more frequent during the summer months when there are lots of roadworks. Photo / Jenny Ling
Caryn Leece says windscreen cracks like this one are more frequent during the summer months when there are lots of roadworks. Photo / Jenny Ling
Jenny Ling is the Northern Advocate s feature writer and news reporterjenny.ling@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
Motorists and insurance companies are forking out for hundreds of repairs to vehicle windscreens as roadworks and gravel roads wreak havoc across Northland.