Philippa Howden-Chapman’s home renovation project is long-lived. “We’ve been in this house for 40 years,” she explains. “And, gradually, we’re making it warmer.”
A BBC film presented by He Kāinga Oranga - Housing and Health Research Programme: Unlocking the science—How can science connect the dots between disciplines and communities?
University of Otago, Wellington research fellow Brodie Fraser who has done research into the discrimination Takatāpui and LGBTIQ+ people face in the housing market, said they didn’t think spe
Dr Brodie Fraser spoke to Corin Dann at Radio NZ, Brodie's study shows stable housing is the first step towards improving health outcomes for young people who experience homelessness.
Kimberley O'Sullivan, a researcher at the University of Otago's Department of Public Health says pre-pay consumers are more likely to be struggling than others, yet they're on a service that will c
Wallace and panellists Jo McCarroll and Andrew Hoggard discuss if Aotearoa should have a national design agency, with urban design a controversial topic.
Recently-published research has found public housing tenants living in areas with a higher proportion of public housing actually had better health outcomes than those living in areas with lower densities of public housing tenants.
Dr Kimberley O’Sullivan talks to Beth at The Wire on bFM about compliance by electricity retailers with the voluntary Consumer Care Guidelines, how the scheme is not working to protect medically de
As He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago Wellington, we are urging the Electricity Authority to make the Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retaile
Kim O’Sullivan was interviewed by RNZ at the recent Reducing Energy Hardship Conference for the story on 28 May 2023 Heating NZ's homes: 'We're really still lagging way, way behind'
Kim O’Sullivan Spoke on The Panel with Wallace Chapman 30 May 23 about energy hardship and ways to fix it, including energy performance certificates for homes and equitable energy pricing.
Professor Michael Keall recently delivered his Inaugural Professorial Lecture at the University of Otago Wellington. Professor Keall applies the disciplines of injury epidemiology and biostati
At this year's University of Otago Research Awards the premier award, the Distinguished Research Medal, was awarded to Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman. read full article
Today on The Panel, Wallace and panellists Jenni Giblin and Andie McCombs discuss Grant Robertson's retirement from politics and the ramping up of benefit sanctions from June.
As a young campaigner on social justice and LGBTIQ+ rights, Dr Brodie Fraser has found working as a researcher in the Department of Public Health a perfect mix of their academic and activist intere
It’s mid-winter and freezing yet we are hearing about families often the most vulnerable families who can’t pay their electricity bills and end up without power in their homes. Listen now
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Mark Sainsbury & Sue Bradford discuss changes to Auckland's Local Alcohol Plan - no booze from the botteshop after 9PM.
Today on part two of The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ruth Money and Allan Blackman discuss the high numbers of people representing themselves in the family court and the issues arising du
Energy costs for households are expected to rise significantly from 2025, due to a combination of factors putting pressure on Aotearoa New Zealand’s electricity system.
Renters who are takatāpui/LGBTIQ+ are putting up with uninhabitable housing conditions because they are too scared to speak out, a public health researcher says.
LGBTQI+ New Zealanders have been experiencing severe housing deprivation at higher rates than non-LGBTQI+ — according to world-first Census data out today.
LGBTIQ+ people are disproportionately impacted by homelessness. To address this, we need to understand their upstream experiences of housing instability. This Briefing reports the findings and implications of a study focused on LGBTIQ+ people’s experiences of housing instability.
Housing needs to be viewed as a human right. At a minimum, we need political changes such as greater enforcement of the Healthy Homes Standards and improvements to the Tenancy Tribunal process.
'I heard stories about property managers asking people if they were okay with two men renting the house next door when they, the prospective neighbours, had kids,' writes Dr Brodie Fraser.
New data shows members of the rainbow community are more than two times more likely to experience daily feelings of anxiety and depression than people not in the LGBT+ population.
People who belong to the LGBTIQ+ community say flatting is fraught with difficulties that go well beyond learning new routines and sharing space with strangers.
At least one in every 100 New Zealanders were homeless at the latest census in 2013, compared with 1 in 120 in 2006, and 1 in 130 in 2001, say University
A study of 412 New Zealand homes has found the health of asthmatic children improves significantly when ineffective heaters are replaced with cleaner, mo