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Whakaue on a roll with housing development 12 Jul 2021 14:00 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x37e8348) Ngāti Whakaue Tribal Lands is looking to offer some of its whānau affordable homes overlooking Lake Rotorua. The trust has prepared the ground for the first stage of a 106 hectare Wharenui Rise development at Ōwhata, near to Rotorua Airport, and it’s just waiting for titles so building can start. General manager Ray Morrison says eight of the 52 lots are earmarked for affordable housing, which in that part of the country means $500,000 or less, which can be achieved by strategies su...

Photo: Supplied / Ngāti Whakaue Eight houses will be offered in the first stage of the development in Owhata, with dozens more opened up in future stages. Ngāti Whakaue Tribal Lands general manager Ray Morrison said they would be priced at $500,000, which is $100,000 lower than the city's median price. He said it is the first step the iwi's taking to utilise its land to help whānau into homes. "Our 6500 odd owners and beneficiaries have told us housing is [their] number one issue," he said. "Rotorua has a pretty acute housing shortage, we've just got to look at what we can do to open housi...

Article content A pilot project to test-drive a regional transit service between Brockville and Cardinal has been given the green light. The Eastern Ontario Leadership Council has approved the money for a partnership of four municipalities to run a bus along County Road 2 on a six-month trial. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Regional bus project gets green light Back to video Bryan Brown, Augusta’s chief administrative officer, informed his council of the leadership group’s approval of the project this week. Brown said the leadership council...