For the first time, a Māori state house tenant has been appointed to the Housing NZ board. Disability activist and lawyer Dr Huhana Hickey looks to bring a new perspective to the director role. Hickey says, “I hope I can actually bring the voice of the very tenants that live in there. There’s a range of us- we’re not all P addicts, we don’t all have a lab in our house.” Hickey is a panel member of the Human Rights Review Tribunal and has a PhD in law and science. The Auckland-based resident says the numbers of elderly, disabled and families living on the streets is a big concern.
