Kāinga Āhuru Hokianga Housing Survey

What We Heard & What Happens Next

He Mihi
Ngā mihi nui to everyone who welcomed our volunteers into your homes and shared your stories. In 2024, Hauora Hokianga led a housing survey that was different from the rest. While we couldn’t promise repairs, we promised to come back with what we found and what we’ll do next. This pānui is part of keeping that promise.

How We Listened
From February to September 2024, 20 volunteers spoke kanohi ki te kanohi with 830 people across the Hokianga. Your kōrero shaped the Kāinga Āhuru Hokianga Housing Survey report and gives us a clear picture of what needs to change.

What We Heard (in brief)

Unmet housing need is widespread: Too many whānau told us their current housing doesn’t meet basic needs.
Homes are not consistently safe, warm, or healthy: Many described conditions that make it hard to stay well.
Overcrowding is common: Shared spaces are stretched, putting pressure on daily life.
Health is being affected: Housing stress is impacting tamariki, pakeke, and kaumātua — physically, mentally, and emotionally.

What We’ll Do
Our aim as a Trust is to advocate for meaningful change and build support systems so that every Hokianga resident has a safe, warm, healthy home.

Over the coming months we will:

Partner locally: Work alongside organisations already supporting whānau with housing improvements.
Pursue supply and affordability: Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop affordable housing and explore home-ownership pathways.
Back repairs that make a difference: Design and seek funding for a programme to repair or improve existing homes where viable.
Keep you informed: Share regular updates on progress, opportunities, and how to access support as it becomes available.

Our Commitment to You
This kaupapa is by Hokianga, for Hokianga. We’ll continue to report back, seek your input, and make decisions that reflect our community’s realities and aspirations. It’s our shared responsibility to meet these challenges with solutions that work for whānau, marae, and hapori across the motu.

Thank you to the 830 participants and our 20 volunteers — your time, honesty, and manaakitanga continue to drive this work.

Ka ora te kāinga, ka ora te whānau — when our homes are well, our people thrive.

Clear and timely communication is important to Hauora Hokianga.

We are actively working to improve our internal processes so that our messages are prompt, consistent, and accessible across all platforms.

Hauora Hokianga Trust – Trustee

Hauora Hokianga Trust – Community Representative

Hauora Hokianga Trust – Governance Review

PROPOSED NEW TRUST DEED

Download the proposed new Trust Deed here.

VIEW OUR LATEST ANNUAL REPORTS

We have made things easier for you to keep up to date with Hokianga Health Enterprise Trust, Hauora Hokianga. You can now view the latest Annual Reports below.

COMMUNITY MEETINGS APRIL 2024

We are reviewing our Trust Deed and would like your feedback. Please see the following pānui which details where and when our Community Feedback Meetings are held this week!

31 May 2023

Social Media Release re 18 May incident

31 October 2022

“Kia Matara e te iwi o Hokianga”

An important notice for our Hokianga community

OCTOBER 2022 UPDATE

26 August 2022

“Kia Mātara e te iwi o Hokianga”

An important notice for our community of Hokianga

25 August 2022

A temporary change to the Rawene Hospital overnight urgent-care after-hours service is required while we recruit new staff.

This means there will be NO Doctor on site at Rawene Hospital or available after-hours from 5pm to 8am Monday to Sunday.

The Rawene Hospital urgent care Monday to Sunday 8am to 5pm service remains the same.

Our ten community health clinics also remain open, with some minor disruption to the clinic days in some areas.

Please make an appointment before attending a clinic. Don’t wait until you are very sick and unwell, seek help early.

In an emergency call 111

Make sure you have regular checkups with your general practitioner, nurse practitioner or community nurse

If you are unwell during the day – make sure you are seen at a community clinic or the day-time urgent care clinic at Rawene Hospital

Call Healthline for free – 0800 611 116 (7 days a week) so they can help you assess the best place for you to seek care

If you live on the north side of the Hokianga Harbour, you can access Kaitaia Hospital for urgent care

Important Information