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Members of opposing gangs live opposite each other in two groups of Kāinga Ora flats in Hamilton. A woman who lives nearby says the street violence is overwhelming.
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People on the housing register, kaumātua and female former inmates would all have a place in a Kainga Ora development proposed for Collins Road, Melville.
Social housing, food gardens, and houses for female former inmates are part of a Kāinga Ora plan for a Hamilton suburb, and many locals are happy to see it – in stark contrast to another Hamilton suburb which petitioned against a plan by the state home builder for their area. While there were petitions and passionate opposition when social housing was proposed in Hamilton’s northeast, a plan for the southern suburb of Melville is seen as a way to give people a leg up, judging by the response of those at a community drop-in session to tell locals about the plan.