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Case studies

Three papakāinga developments in the Hastings District: who led them, how they were planned and funded, what got in the way, and what helped.

Case study 1 · Waimārama, Hastings District

Waimarama Papakāinga

To provide affordable, quality housing for local whanau, allowing them to return to and remain connected with their whenua.

The papakainga consists of five homes under its first stage.

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Case study 2 · Kohupātiki, near Clive, Hastings District

Kohupātiki Papakāinga

The purpose was not only to provide housing but to reconnect whānau with their ancestral whenua and whakapapa while creating affordable, secure housing and strengthening intergenerational wellbeing.

The original papakainga opened in December 2019 with four homes.

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Case study 3 · Waipatu, Hastings District

Waipatu Papakāinga

The purpose of Waipatu Papakāinga was to provide affordable, healthy housing while rebuilding the Aorangi community, reconnecting descendants with whenua and whakapapa, and increasing Māori home ownership.

The first Aorangi papakāinga opened in Waipatu in 2015 with eight homes.

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