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Welcome to Hononga Hapori, our first Palmerston North community update
We've got some great updates for our region, so keep reading to find out more
Kia ora,
Welcome to our first Palmerston North Community Update. Thank you for subscribing; we are excited about sharing the latest updates in your neighbourhood.
The name Hononga Hapori was recently given to us. Hononga means ‘connection’ or ‘relationship’ and Hapori refers to ‘community’. Together, it highlights the connection between community and housing well-being and the relationship between a thriving community and the availability of healthy homes.
At Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, we not only provide warm, dry homes but also support communities and build neighbourhoods. We want to work alongside communities to help build thriving, sustainable and inclusive communities.
We have some stories to share about our construction milestones and the work we are doing to support our customers, connect with our communities and partner with others.
Read on to find out more and please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions or feedback.
Ngā mihi
Rebecca Kinloch
Kaitūhono Matua | Senior Stakeholder Relationship Manager
What is happening in your neighbourhood?
We’re excited to plan and deliver new houses in Palmerston North, so more individuals and families will have a warm, dry, and safe place to call home.
We understand that you would like to keep updated about what is happening in your neighbourhood. As our housing projects and opportunities are at different stages, we have created an interactive map to ensure you always have access to the most up-to-date information.
A few highlights:
- We’re pleased that four new homes at 11 Avon Terrace are completed that whānau have moved into
- Deconstruction will start at 512 – 518 Church Street in the coming weeks to make way for 65 new warmer, drier homes and a community space.
- Construction has started at 17 – 19 Wharenui Terrace and 50, 52 and 54 Rangiora Avenue to build 14 new homes. Work will also start shortly to build six new homes at 46 – 48 Manchester Street.
- Palmerston North City Council is currently reviewing our resource consent applications for
- 39 new homes and a community space at 6 - 28 Crewe Crescent and 1-6 Bolton Place,
- 65 new homes and a community space at 512-518 Church Street
- 58 new homes and a community space at 21-51 Rugby Street & 1A-27 Raleigh Street
Site investigations are taking place across Palmerston North at a few of our proposed developments. Some of the sites that you may notice people at are:
- 37 Upham Terrace
- 8-10 Hendon Place
- 34-45 Cardiff Street/25 Ferguson Street
- 7 Clyde Cres
If we need to access manholes located on your property, we would make direct contact with you.
If you are wanting to see if there are any site investigations taking place near you, please visit our interactive map.
Supporting the Palmerston North community with kai security
Kāinga Ora always seeks opportunities to work with local partners and organisations to support our communities. A recent example is our collaboration with Manawatū Food Action Network (MFAN) to help our customers with kai security.
Manawatu Food Action Network (MFAN) Gardening tip:
Although it is still cold, it’s a great time of the year to prepare your garden for strawberries. Did you know strawberry plants send out “runners” to form new plants? If you have strawberries from a previous year that have sent out runners, you can carefully cut the stem leading to the new plant and move to spare space in your garden. New strawberry plant for free!
Strawberry plants love lots of food, so be sure to dig in compost or something with plenty of nutrients into your strawberry beds before planting. Going to the beach sometime? Take a bag with you and collect some seaweed. Dig it into the soil for extra nutrients or dry it and use it as mulch around your strawberry plants for repelling slugs and snails, easy! Happy Strawberry growing!
Planter boxes for our whānau
We partnered with students at Te Pūkenga - the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology who constructed planter boxes as part of their course. MFAN helped our whānau to plant the boxes with vegetables in their garden and educated them about growing their own kai.
To date, 53 planter boxes have been delivered to our whānau’s homes to allow them to be more sustainable.
Find out more about our planter boxes programme here.
MFAN Community Champion Leana
You might have seen our recent story about our Palmerston North customer Leana. Her late grandfather inspired her to share the love for growing kai not only with her young children but also with her wider community.
As Manawatū Food Action Network Community Champion, Leana now educates and empowers whānau across Palmerston North through regular gardening activities.
You can read her inspiring story here
Future Living Workshops
Did you know that Kāinga Ora and MFAN also run Future Living Workshops?
This is a chance for our customers to learn more about things like Gardening, Composting, Water, Waste, Energy, Food and Community Resilience.
For more information on Manawatu Food Action Network, you can visit their website at www.enm.org.nz or follow them on Facebook @manawatufoodactionnetwork.
Palmerston North Repair Café
Have you ever heard of the Palmerston North Repair Café? Repair cafés are free pop-up events where local people bring in their broken and damaged belongings and local volunteer experts do their best to repair them.
The Palmerston North Repair Café takes place on the fourth Saturday of the month at the Palmerston North Community Leisure Centre, 569 Ferguson Street.
The next café is on Saturday 26 August, from 9am-12pm.
For more information, please visit Facebook @palmerstonnorthrepaircafe or email comms@enm.org.nz
Opportunities to provide feedback and meet with us
Earlier this year, we invited you to discuss the new homes proposed for Palmerston North. Thank you to those who attended our drop-in sessions and shared your feedback with us.
The feedback we have received to date is mainly around how we can help support communities to be vibrant, safe and connected. Based on the thoughts and ideas people have already shared with us, we have identified opportunities for community gardens, play spaces for tamariki and outdoor green areas.
If you haven’t yet provided your feedback but would like to connect with us, you can join one of our upcoming drop-in sessions:
Church Street drop-in session
Wednesday 23 August, call in anytime between 12.00pm - 2.00pm
Location: Palmerston North Community Leisure Centre
569 Ferguson Street
Palmerston North
Roslyn drop-in session
Thursday 31 August, call in anytime between 12.30pm – 2.00pm
Location: Roslyn Library
8 Kipling Street
Palmerston North
Kāinga Ora News
A new lease on life for existing customer homes
Did you know that, as part of our Retrofit programme, Kāinga Ora is making significant improvements on a number of homes in Palmerston North?
We are upgrading these older homes to make them warmer, drier and healthier by installing full insulation, double glazing, improved airtightness, ventilation and new heating.
Handy tips to keep your home warm and dry
During winter, many people are concerned with stopping draughts and keeping heat in, but by doing this moisture can be trapped and often all it takes is opening a window to let the moisture out.
Palmerston North Council eco design advisor Nelson Lebo has created a video series about how you can keep your home warm and dry this winter.
From buying the right heater to thermo blankets for windows; you can watch all his winter hacks below:
Questions?
If you have questions or would like to discuss anything further, please contact:
Rebecca Kinloch
021 228 3167
communities@kaingaora.govt.nz
For more information about our proposed developments in Palmerston North, please visit https://kaingaora.govt.nz/manawatu-whanganui
View our Palmerston North developments on Social Pinpoint
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