‘Pressures have built up’: how can New Zealand solve its social housing crisis?

The crucial fix is more housing supply, experts say, as well more money for Mori-led initiatives

Once a world leader in social housing, New Zealand now faces what the UN has called a human rights crisis". Although the government is pouring money in, the waitlist for social housing has ballooned to 23,000 - triple that of three years ago - and there are more than 4,000 children living in motels.

The government has repeatedly said it is rectifying a problem it inherited from the former National government, which saw the sell-off of state housing and underinvestment in social housing. The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, told local media in January the government would leave no stone unturned" to fix the problem.