The Trust is excited to announce that we are in the process of building nine new 2 bedroom accessible units.

Six of these will be in the Glenbervie area of Whangarei and three will be in Onerahi. As the buildings progress this page will be updated with progress photos and any other news.

Glenbervie 

The photo below is the bare section at Glenbervie where six new 2 bedroom units will be built.

20th March 2024 – Wonderful to see the Earthworks being started!

12th April – Building platform well underway… A lot happens in 3 weeks!

19th April – Timber boxing in place, getting ready for the concrete slab to be poured…

4th of May – Concrete slab has been poured! We now have the floor, on to the scaffolding for the walls next…

Retaining wall completed along the boundary line on the right side of the section. A fence will be constructed along the top of this to give the tenants and neighbours privacy from each other.

Earthworks continue…

17th May – Privacy  fence completed along the boundary line.

The scaffolding is up… next will be the framing for the walls, making great progress!

31st May – The framing is underway – hurray :-). Can’t wait for the walls to be up because then we will really be able to see the units taking shape!

8th June 2024 – Framing at the back of the units.

1st July 2024 – A lot has happened since the last post! We have the concrete slab down for the second set of units along with some scaffolding and the framing is taking place… plus the first set even has the roof on and building paper on the walls ready for further construction.

Onerahi

The photo below is the bare section at Onerahi where three new 2 bedroom units will be built.

11th May 2024 – Fantastic to see the Earthworks being started at Onerahi whilst Glenbervie also continues… we have two new builds underway!

7th July – The building site now has an accessway and a building platform… boxing for concrete slab will be on the “menu”