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A new funding deal is aiming at nearly 900 new homes for Porirua - the size of an entire suburb.
It's the first initiative for the Government's Infrastructure Acceleration Fund and has been signed between Kāinga Ora, Porirua City Council and Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira.
One third of the new homes will be for public housing, one-third for the affordable housing sector, and one-third offered to the wider housing market.
It's all part of Ngāti Toa's housing strategy for both iwi and the wider local community.
Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira chief executive Helmut Modlik spoke to Susie Ferguson.