This hui will be especially valuable for women who are active in advancing housing systems change or working on particular housing initiatives or housing services.

It is also for those wishing to address housing challenges in their community & in Aotearoa or who are looking to network with others who share similar values & aspirations for housing or living.

We hope to have women representing a diversity of sectors that deal with housing including but not limited to:

• Property investors and developers

• Architects, planners, builders

• Community Housing Providers (charities)

• Collective housing project leaders

• Local and central government housing & policy makers

• Real Estate

• Urban & rural designers

• Organisations that meet housing needs of clients

We have ticket options for every gender to be able to participate.

The Full Hui Experience is for women-only.

The Housing Futures Forum on Friday and the Saturday dinner and social are open to any gender.

We have early bird tickets until 16 October and then the price will go up 10%. We have three ticket types with different prices. You can purchase on Humanitix using the button on this page.

If you’re able to pay-it-forward to contribute to the scholarship fund, there is a donation option when buying your ticket.

For Early Bird prices:

Full Hui Participation: $360

Housing Futures Forum: $70

Saturday Dinner Social: $30

We aim to make it financially accessible and inclusive.

This is a not-for-profit event and we don’t have any funding for the event itself. Ticket price covers the the hours of time and expenses incurred.

For those needing financial assistance, we offer a template to fundraise for yourself, which takes the burden off the organisers to find funding. Download from the link.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t3CCvM1fNgAGkZB07BJj3fBg-uxkQaSL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107269420129555414407&rtpof=true&sd=true

However, we are fundraising for a scholarship fund as a back-up. You can fill in the form below:

https://forms.gle/o7ZYaaP1kJRHthZEA

Yes, food is provided: nutritious plant-based lunches and dinners. Meals are a great time to connect over conversation. We cater for most food allergies.

We encourage women to stay for meals to participate in the full programme.

If you wish to opt out of the meals, email Zola@commonground.net.nz

Accommodation is not included in the price but we can help you to find according to your needs.

• We will seek to help match-make home-hosting arrangements—we have a spreadsheet to add your name.

• The Riverside Community has a hostel and caravan camping. There is marae-style sleeping in the meeting room of the hall. Book through the Riverside website.

• And there are plenty of AirBnB type places.

We will be helping participants with arrangements to get to the venue. For those driving from far and near, we will have a spreadsheet to add your name and a chat group for women to arrange carpooling.

The hui is intended for participants to engage in all the activities together for 3 days (although participation in each activity is by choice). The experience is intended to be holistic, supportive, empowering, and transformational.

If you cannot attend all three days, you have these other two options:

Housing Futures Forum with key stakeholders, community leaders, & housing role players (Fri 2:30-8:30pm)—any gender may participate

Saturday dinner social (6-8:30pm)

We are not specifically organising childcare nor do we offer child-specific activities but we could help mothers coordinate between each other to explore mutual solutions.

We need to order catering and pre-pay for some expenses so we need to confirm participation and get payment before the event starts.

Zola lives at Riverside Community. You can email her if you wish to arrange another way to pay: zola@commonground.net.nz