Work is well under way to build seven new two-bedroom state houses in Whanganui's Poynter Place.
The Gonville development is the first addition to Housing New Zealand stock in the Whanganui district in some time.
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They are two-bedroomed because that is the size most often needed.
The building is being done by Devon Homes, and overseen by Jennian Homes.