This episode features Maia Ratana, a member of our team, who lives in a tiny house in Northland. She talks to us about tiny living and what led her to live in her in-law's backyard, despite having owned a home in Tāmaki Makaurau. Maia gets us thinking about innovative housing solutions, our impact on the environment and our long term housing goals and needs.

This episode features Jacqueline Paul, a researcher on this project, who talks us through the ins and outs of Housing Policy. She shares a bit about her own housing aspirations and her mahi as an advocate for ensuring rangatahi have safe, secure and affordable housing. Jackie focuses on the need for good policy and the complexities of working and navigating within government.

This episode features Joanne Gallagher who is both a renter and a homeowner. Jo and her partner live with their blended whānau in a rental home that suits their needs, whilst also owning another home that they rent out to others. She shares with us why she doesn’t live in the house she owns, her journey to homeownership, and what it is like being a landlord in Tamaki Makaurau.

This episode features Raniera Pene who is passionate about improving social and economic well-being of Maori, as well as inspiring whanau to pursue their definition of Rangatiratanga and Mana Motuhaketanga. Raniera will be discussing his experience of buying a house through shared equity. He talks about the struggles he encounters on his journey to home ownership and the shared equity scheme that helped him reach his goal.

This episode features one of our own team, Hanna-Marie Monga, who will be speaking about what it's like to grow up and live in an intergenerational homestead, in Tāmaki Makaurau. She takes us through some of the advantages and expectations associated with living with her wider whānau and she shares some of her own experiences pursuing home ownership. 

This episode features Ines White who is a specialist in Māori land and homeownership. She is the creator of Whatukāinga; a program that supports first home buyers and is here to share financial advice for those wanting to buy their own home. She also tells us a little bit about her own housing experiences and how she came to be so knowledgeable about homeownership.

This episode features Kaylib Heke and will discuss his experience of buying a home through the Kiwibuild scheme. Khalib shares his housing journey and the process he and his partner persevered to be able to become first home buyers. He takes us through the highs and lows and shares some advice for those who are looking to buy a home in the future.

This episode features Māhera Maihi, the founder of Mā te Huruhuru, a kaupapa Māori organisation that provides services and programmes for young people in South Auckland.  She will be talking about her real-life experiences that led her to start Mā te Huruhuru and the work she now does supporting rangatahi, in particular those who are experiencing homelessness. 

This episode features William Hatton, who will be talking to us about what it’s like to live in an apartment in Tamaki Makaurau. William moved away from his whānau in Kahungunu to pursue higher education and better job opportunities and now rents with his cousin. He shares his housing experiences, his mahi in landscape architecture, and how he creates a home away from home.

This episode features Pania Newton, who is a member of the research team. Pania is well known for spearheading the occupation and reclamation of Ihumaatao where she has lived her whole life. She will be discussing how she bought back a piece of her ancestral land within her papakaainga and is now designing and building affordable homes for her wider whānau.