HOUSING FOR ALL

Name: HOUSING FOR ALL
Start: 2024-10-25T12:30:00+12:00
End: 2024-10-25T13:30:00+12:00
Location: SUTER THEATRE

Jade Kake, Henrietta Bollinger + Miriana Stephens

Writers + Kōrero

From accessible housing design to the tiny house movement, and everything in between, what happens when people step outside the box in housing design and development? Join architect and housing advocate Jade Kake, disability rights advocate, essayist and poet Henrietta Bollinger and local visionary Miriana Stephens, who is leading Te Āwhina Marae’s redevelopment project, in conversation with Min Hall.

With several major intentional communities, numerous yurt dwellers, a growing number of co-housing initiatives, a major papakāinga development, and tiny houses dotted throughout the valleys, Te Tauihu may be considered the heartland of innovative housing solutions in Aotearoa but it also has one of the most acute housing shortages and is one of the least affordable places to live in the motu.

In this solution-focused session, Min Hall facilitates a deep dive discussion about some of the possible solutions to the housing crisis that don’t add to the climate crisis.

Architect and author Jade Kake celebrates the contribution Rewi Thomson made in the social housing space and discusses her own approach to housing and urban design.

Henrietta Bollinger advocates on behalf of those who find themselves disabled by the mainstream (ableist) approach to housing design and development.

Miriana Stephens who is the force behind the Papakāinga development at Te Āwhina Marae and is currently leading the charge to establish the region’s first Māori owned and operated community housing provider, brings her local insights.

Jade Kake (she/her)

Jade Kake (Ngāpuhi — Ngāti Hau me Te Parawhau, Te Whakatōhea, Te Arawa) is an architectural designer, writer and housing advocate who has co-written, with Jeremy Hansen, a definitive text about the late architect Rewi Thompson (Ngati Porou, Ngāti Raukawa), a visionary thinker who believed that great architecture is crafted through careful consideration of people and place, including Wellington’s City to Sea Bridge, Unitec’s School of Māori Studies and the terraced Wiri State Housing precinct.

Henrietta Bollinger (they/them)

Henrietta Bollinger is a writer, activist and disability rights advocate who challenges the norms of our ableist society, asking us to consider better ways of being with each other and ourselves. In their debt essay collection, Articulations, Bollinger speaks to their experiences as a queer, disabled person, and as a twin.

Miriana Stephens (she/her)

Miriana Stephens is of Ngāti Rārua, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Ranginui descent. She is trustee for Te Āwhina Marae and chair of the Marae Redevelopment Project Team, overseeing their new papakāinga. Miriana has four children and lives in Motueka.

Min Hall (she/her)

Architect Min Hall brings her wealth of experience back to Motueka after a 14-year teaching stint at Unitec in Auckland. With 30 years in architectural practice, primarily in Te Tauihu, Min has been lead architect on 12 NZIA award-winning projects. Always passionate about sustainability, she serves on the NZIA Sustainability Advisory Panel and the New Zealand Earth Building Standards Committee. Min’s research and teaching emphasise solutions to the housing crisis that don’t add to the climate crisis. Currently, she’s partnering with Rau Hoskins on a student project with Te Āwhina Marae in Motueka, bringing her expertise full circle. After many years of attending and supporting the Nelson Arts Festival she is excited to take up the role of facilitating this important kōrero about the development of housing models accessible to all.