Examples of social housing in Aranui, Christchurch.
New data has laid bare clusters of social housing across Christchurch. While some suburbs have no social housing, Aranui has 469 state-owned homes. In the second of three investigations, STEVEN WALTON talks to residents and decision-makers about where social housing is built and why. Zhane Neho, a mother to two daughters aged 3 and 5, says Aranui can be a harsh place to live. A lot of “random stuff” happens. “You can hear yelling out on the street,” she says. “Or one time we’ve had gunshots out here and, you know, I was in the kitchen cooking.”
It s quite harsh our here : Data reveals clusters of social housing in Christchurch
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Data reveals where social housing has been built in Christchurch
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Stuff understands the victim has gang links. On Sunday morning, officers had cordoned off a section of Aldershot St. A neighbour, who lives across the road from the property, said she had heard a man screaming and yelling around 10pm last night. “I didn’t really pay much attention, that’s pretty normal for around here to be honest.” Another nearby resident described hearing “seven or eight loud bangs” around the time of the shooting, but thought it was someone setting off fireworks. The property is part of a complex owned by government social housing agency Kāinga Ora.
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