Join us for a transformative three-day gathering (and/or a Housing Futures Forum on Friday) about reimagining housing and exploring successful community-led and women-led solutions.

The Women Revolutionising Housing Hui is a not-for-profit event bringing together diverse voices to share ideas, projects, and strategies that challenge the current housing system and nurture new possibilities.

The programme highlights include

(final programme in the making)

Full Hui (for women only)

*inspirational presentations on innovations in housing & community development,

*skills building workshops,

*permaculture tour of Riverside Community

*creative, fun, enlivening, and connecting activities,

*shared lunches & dinners of nourishing kai,

*networking building opportunities

*Plus the Housing Futures Forum

Housing Futures Forum on Friday for community leaders and key housing stakeholders is for unlocking barriers and roadmapping solutions to achieve our three hui objectives.

*presentations on successful collective housing initiatives

*panel with housing role players

*sessions for creating strategy and action plans,

*nutritious dinner

*An improvisational Playback theatre performance, Building Belonging, by the Tell Tales Collective, bringing women’s lived housing experiences to life

*Community conversations over dessert

The three main objectives of the hui are:

Advancing Collective and Community-Focused Housing Models

We will explore, strengthen, and co-create pathways for housing models that put people before profit—such as cohousing, cooperatives, community land trusts, and circular economy villages.

Participants will gain inspiration, strategies, and networks to move their own projects forward, while contributing to a growing ecosystem of shared housing solutions.

Tackling Housing Affordability Through Innovative Approaches

Together, we’ll address the urgent need for affordable housing by looking at creative models of financing, shared ownership, and cooperative systems that keep homes permanently affordable.

Participants will leave with practical tools, fresh ideas, and opportunities to collaborate on real solutions for women, families, and communities across Aotearoa.

Unlocking Policy, Partnerships, and Pathways for Change

Housing transformation requires enabling policies, creative partnerships, and supportive legal and financial frameworks. We’ll strategise on how to shift planning rules, legislation, and lending systems to open space for community-led housing.

Participants will connect with allies, learn advocacy strategies, and contribute to a collective voice for systemic change.

What participants will walk away with:

Knowledge, inspiration, tools, strategies, and connections to advance their projects, work places, and passions — plus a shared vision of what we can continue to influence together beyond the hui.

Three ticket types:

Full Hui Experience (Women Only)
Thu 9:30am – Sat 3:30pm
Join women from across Aotearoa for the full three-day hui. Immerse yourself in inspiring sessions, workshops, strategy discussions, and creative activities. This ticket includes the Housing Future Forum.

Housing Futures Forum (for key stakeholders and role players, any gender)

Fri 2:30–8:30pm
An collaborative forum with housing role players, sponsors, and influencers to contribute to strategies for women-led, affordable, sustainable, collective housing solutions.

Scholarship Tickets for the Full Hui Experience

For those that require financial assistance, we have ways to help women reduce the cost of their ticket. Email Zola to get more details: zola@commonground.net.nz

Optional Saturday dinner and social: 6-8:30pm
For those that wish to stay on, we will have a lightly organised shared meal at the Komitimiti Cafe at Riverside, an evening of social and celebration. (Pay your own meal)

Note that ticket price doesn't cover accommodation. Once registered, you'll get a link to accommodation options including home-hosting with fellow participants, Riverside hostel and campervan spaces, or Airbnb.

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