Community consultation for help to get housing projects off the ground will be a big focus for new Kāinga Ora boss in Northland Jeff Murray.
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Building social houses near essential services and partnership with iwi and councils are key priorities for Kāinga Ora's newly-appointed regional director for Northland.
Jeff Murray began work on January 25 after working as a self-employed contractor consulting on local government, iwi, land use and transport matters, mostly in Auckland.
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was contracted to Kāinga Ora from March last year and had been working in its Māori policy and strategy team, while also helping them get some larger projects off the ground regarding engagement with Māori.
"The ability to work with iwi groups and the local councils and the local communities was something that I've got a good background in and feel very strongly about.
"I think for me just looking at Kāinga Ora's mandate, it's important that we invest where we build houses near services like schools and hospitals so that people don't have to spend a lot of their income travelling to reach the services and to access jobs.
