Child Healthy Housing in Hawke's Bay
Information on services to help keep your tamariki safe and healthy at home.
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Contact us
Contact the Child Healthy Housing Team by:
- phone 06 879 9440
- email childhealthyhousing@hbdhb.govt.nz
Services we provide
The Child Healthy Housing team provides services under the Healthy Housing Initiative.
The aim of the Healthy Homes Initiative is to increase the number of tamariki and their whānau living in warm, dry, and healthy homes to enhance their health and wellbeing and reduce the number of housing-related hospitalisations.
Healthy Homes Initiative (external link)
Safekids Aotearoa
Our Child Healthy Housing team are trained Safekids Aotearoa home safety assessors. Through our relationship with Safekids we are able to provide home safety devices for whānau, such as safety gates, outlet plug covers and fireguards.
Safekids Aotearoa — Starship (external link)
Hawke's Bay curtain bank
Health NZ — Hawke's Bay is a referring agency for Red Cross' curtain bank programme.
Print and complete the referral form and email it to us. We'll send it on to Red Cross for you.
Hawke's Bay curtain bank referral formPDF237 KB
Get warm curtains — New Zealand Red Cross (external link)
Ready to Rent
Upskill and increase your knowledge when you are looking to rent a house. Learn more about the following areas:
- tenant’s rights and responsibilities
- managing money and debts
- maintaining a warm, dry and healthy home
- housing products through Work and Income New Zealand
- landlord and tenant interviews and presentation.
Ready to Rent is a Health NZ — Hawke’s Bay led initiative which is supported by Hawke's Bay Property Investor's Association, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, WINZ, budget advice services and others.
Ready to Rent is administered by Birthright Hawke's Bay. Contact them for programme and workshop information on 06 878 0530
EnergyMate partner
We have formed a wonderful relationship with our local EnergyMate service run through Ngāti Pahauwera. During our assessment we invite whānau to use this service to look at their energy consumption and ways to make their power and dollar go further. Most whānau are delighted to be referred to EnergyMate and recieve lots of helpful advice and 4 LED light bulbs.