• Takatāpui/LGBTQI+ peoples' experiences of housing stability

    … of this is minority groups, such as takatāpui and LGBTIQ+ people, experiencing high rates of homelessness. This fellowship investigated how people who identify as takatāpui and LGBTIQ+ experience … policy and culture can account for the specific needs of people who identify as takatāpui and LGBTIQ+. This research …
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  • Household Energy Affordability

    … risk of fuel poverty include families with young children, older people, people with disabilities or ill-health, and the … Society of Medicine 1996;89:85-86. Wright F. Old and Cold: Older People and Policies Failing to Address Fuel Poverty. …
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  • Making a home in employer-provided housing

    … Across the world, people in a broad range of professions live in housing … in socio-economic, ethnic and migrant status by the people living there, is likely to signify a diversity of … glimpses of how living at the workplace affects people, yet they remain glimpses, as it is often working, …
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  • Tokelau Community Housing

    … on this information to improve the houses that Tokelau people live in. In the first stage of the research we … in relation to housing. Seven focus groups were held with older men, older women, middle-aged men, middle-aged women, young …
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  • Housing treated as a commodity is not helping LGBTIQ+ people

    … 'I heard stories about property managers asking people if they were okay with two men renting the house next … taking renter rights seriously. Internationally, LGBTIQ+ people make up 20-40 percent of those experiencing … comprising 5-10 percent of the general population. LGBTIQ+ people experience disproportionately high rates of the …
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  • Home Injury Prevention Intervention (HIPI)

    … Background Between 1993 and 2002, 162,900 people were hospitalised for fall-related injuries, more than … home injury hazards and injuries actually occurring in people’s homes, indicated that fixing fall hazards will … sub-group of NZ housing, including those occupied by people aged 65 plus; To quantify the effect on home injury …
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  • PhD research comes with a personal toll

    … community has for each other is phenomenal; people fought to survive really difficult situations and then … in activism and other support work.” “Interviewing people was my favourite part; being trusted with their … community has for each other is phenomenal; people fought to survive really difficult situations and then …
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  • Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)

    … ENDS may help achieve Smokefree 2025 by assisting people who smoke to switch from the most harmful form of … harmful nicotine source. However, to benefit from ENDS, people who smoke must stop smoking altogether and make a … transition to vaping. As ENDS use is not risk free, people should also be encouraged to stop vaping in the …
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  • Healthy Heating Porirua Pilot

    … room temperature of 18 degrees and 20 degrees if children, older people, or people who are unwell in the home. Keeping bedrooms warm at …
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  • Housing and (Dis)ability Study

    … began research looking into the housing experiences of people with lower limb amputations and the role that housing … next two years and involves in-depth interviews with 40 people. Of these, 20 will be Non-Māori and 20 Māori, in … for Maori Health and Development). Policy makers, disabled people and experts in Maori kaupapa are also advising the …
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