Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Stu Harwood, a resident on a central Auckland street, says multiple boarded up houses and vacant lots have been "left to rot" after a major Kainga Ora project was stopped last year | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1

Hundreds of homes were set to be built on O'Donnell Avenue, as part of the housing agency's Wesley West development.

Albany-Eden-Puketapapa councillor Julie Fairey says the community feels "abandoned" after the government pulled the plug on the development.

But Housing Minister Chris Bishop and Kainga Ora say some social homes are being planned.

Full story: rnz.co.nz/news/regions_auckland/825269/left-to-rot-auckland-residents-say-kainga-ora-ghost-homes-attracting-illegal-dumping