Health Housing News and Events
11 Mar 2021
Reduced Aurora charges still pose affordability concerns. Senior research fellow Kimberley O’Sullivan said it was clear that the infrastructure investment needed to happen, and that households needed reliable access to electricity. Please Read for more details.
18 Feb 2021
Women supporting women in making change to energy poverty. Dr Kim O’Sullivan and student Isobel Harris Clark both attended the same high school and are now working together as part of Isobel’s summer studentship. Please Read for more details.
26 Jan 2021
The winter “energy poverty” and its wide public health impacts has been the major focus of Dr Kimberley O’Sullivan’s research at Otago University. Please Read more about ‘ How are you keeping your place cool this summer?” .
01 Dec 2020
Brodie Fraser has just completed her PhD on takatāpui/LGBTIQ homelessness (Sponsored by MBIE funded Housing First Programme)
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10 Jul 2020
Our housing and health research programme He Kāinga Oranga is one of the big winners in the latest HRC grants, set to receive just under $5 million over five years to continue research to maximise the health and wellbeing gains from housing. Please Read for more details
21 May 2020
Budget 2020 – Expert Reaction on Housing from Distinguished Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman and Dr Lucy Telfar Barnard
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14 Oct 2019
Professor Philippa Howden- Chapman has been appointed as one of the six board members of Kāinga Ora. Please Read
13 Aug 2019
Lead researcher at the Housing and Health Research Programme, Kim Nathan, a PhD student at the University of Otago, Wellington, says two- thirds (69 per cent) of the more than 300,000 children studied had moved house at least once by the time they were four years old. For the details and the publication Please read