Housing First Ōtautahi
February 6, 2023
World Homeless Day Exhibition
This photo voice project was designed to empower the homeless allowing them to tell their own story while protecting their mental and physical wellbeing. Together with the help of Housing First Ōtautahi and the Christchurch Methodist Mission, people living on the streets were given assistance to photograph their daily lives for an exhibition marking World Homeless Day. Those taking part were also interviewed about their lives and asked to explain why the photos they took mattered. Without the extraordinary generosity of Housing First community workers none of this would have been possible, their work with vulnerable and marginalised people living on the streets is above and beyond.
There are important lessons here for those watching New Zealand's own homegrown platforms which are taxpayer supported through NZ on Air. Whether freeview or payview, what are we actually seeing and why? what are we actually paying for and why? Are we simply paying millions to subsidise commercially fragile kiwi media platforms or are we paying to ensure a future for kiwi made factual content? These questions are particularly relevant as the government considers new funding models for both film and television.
The property was purchased by Habitus Group for the development of six new sustainable homes. But before they could start any new builds on the site they had to deal with the old and what job! Check out the Habitus link below.
https://habitusgroup.co.nz/showcase/