Residents consider legal action over public housing development

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“Then they said these are lower income people and they aren’t going to have a lot of cars, so then how will they drive their kids to school, because the school isn’t close?”

John Tubberty, Kainga constraints”, Tubberty says.

Ora regional director for central and east Auckland, says there’s an “urgent need” for more public housing across New Zealand.

There were 291 households on the Ministry of Social Development’s housing register within the Howick Local Board area in March.

“This happened at the end of February 2023, after the developer had obtained the resource consent and ground works had begun.

“In March we informed the community new public housing was being built on the site for Kainga Ora.” lives at risk. This is not a new issue and police have been carrying out enforcement work to target this behaviour, but it is complex and not something police can solve alone.”

Tubberty says the community meeting was held to provide information about the development and how the agency manages its homes.

Cook says members of the public who encounter dirk bike riders should focus on keeping themselves safe and phone police if it is safe to do so.

People with further information relating to dirt bike riders illegally on the roads are asked to help police by phoning 111 if the incident is happening at the time or 105 afterwards.

He says the Huntington Park development will add “much-needed” new one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes, as well as 62 offstreet parking spaces and a community room for residents.

It’s due to be completed in June next year.

When Kainga Ora redevelops land it owns, it typically informs neighbours prior to work commencing, but as the Huntington Park site is being developed by a private company, it was unable to do so due to “commercial and legal

“Kainga Ora staff also met separately with the residents’ association committee and delivered a letter about the new development to around 100 neighbouring residents.”

He says the agency is committed to working with locals during construction.

“Before we tenant the properties next year we plan to host an open day to provide neighbours, local stakeholders and the community with an opportunity to view the new homes.

“We will also look for opportunities for our customers and the neighbours to get to know one another better.”