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The price of keeping kids warm at night

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New study finds heating a child's bedroom at night through a Wellington winter would use up almost half the Winter Energy Payment

The science of a healthier home

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A BBC film presented by He Kāinga Oranga - Housing and Health Research Programme: Unlocking the science—How can science connect the dots between discipli

National Portrait: Philippa Howden-Chapman – the woman whose home truths have made our houses healthier

Interview

Philippa Howden-Chapman’s​ home renovation project is long-lived. “We’ve been in this house for 40 years,” she explains.

Housing researchers win the Rutherford Medal, NZ’s top research honour

Media release
Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman and team are awarded the 2021 Rutherford medal.

Publication or Resource

Aspinall, C.
(2019).
Unpacking the terminology "unmet complex needs".
The PANZ Population Association of New Zealand Conference,
20-21 June, 2019.
Aspinall, C.
(2020).
Self-isolating for coronavirus is impossible for tens of thousands of New Zealanders – unless we help them fast.
The Conversation,
March 23, 2020 5.18pm NZDT.
Howden-Chapman, P.
Ruthe, C. Crichton, S.
(2011).
Habitable houses: lessons learned?
In The Leaky Building Crisis: Understanding the issues.
(pp 303-15). Wellington: Thomson Reuters.
Howden-Chapman, P.
Chisholm, E.
Bierre, S.
et al.
(2016).
Submission on the Healthy Homes Amendment Bill (No. 2).
He Kāinga Oranga - Housing and Health Research Programme, Wellington.
Download document
Healthy-Homes-Guarantee-Bill-submission-HHRP-20-6-2016.pdf
(2016).
Thematic snapshot report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Inadequate Housing in New Zealand and its impact on children.
He Kainga Oranga/ Housing and Health Research Programme, University of Otago, Wellington and Human Rights Commission
Download document
Thematic-snapshot-report-of-NZHRC-Uni-of-Otago-for-UNCRC-73rd-session.pdf

Research Project

Takatāpui/LGBTQI+ peoples' experiences of housing stability

Dr Brodie Fraser Postdoctoral Fellow researches Takatāpui/LGBTQI+ peoples' experiences of housing stability.
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