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Building Better performing well, $24.3m approved for next five years; Strategy for Phase II released; AKO: Your participation matters; Amenities and the attractiveness of New Zealand cities; Resilience and housing markets; Te Aranga Māori design principles; Concepts of Neighbourhood; Renting for the over 65s; Cultural landscape approach to design at ICOMOS; Action-packed month for New Zealand’s housing sector; Designed to disrupt: A digital tool for urban regeneration; Remaking community; Te Puea Memorial Marae host hui for urban homelessness; ESP finalist in Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards; Who cares? Insights from social media; Virtual reality for urban design decisions; and Weaving the Strands.

Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities reveals research focus; Intergenerational kaumātua village helps Kirikiriroa achieve age-friendly status; Special Housing Areas: Spaces in Contention; Designing housing decision-support tools for resilient older people; Impact of covenants on affordable housing; Ngā Kōrero speaker series: The housing crisis conversation; Following the money: Understanding the building industry’s exit from affordable housing production; Tiny Houses; Government Minister says elderly housing needs cannot be overlooked; NZ 'not geared for affordable housing'; Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua - Project Team Hui; Urbanism NZ Conference; Why waste water?; Unlocking transport innovation.

Special edition of the Building Better eNewsletter with information about the Revised Tranche 2 Strategy. What will our research direction be as we move into the next phase of this National Science Challenge?

Building Better Colloquium; Goodbye Big City!; London solution to Kiwi housing crisis; The call of home for new graduate; Upcoming Events; We've gone social; Data literacy for better research collaboration; Autonomous vehicles and urban environments; Vicious to Virtuous Homes and Cities in an Ageing New Zealand; Study casts doubt on effectiveness of Special Housing Areas in Tauranga; Passive Low-Energy Architecture 2017 Legacy Document; Building more houses does not make them affordable; How we can build the kind of housing we want and need; Māori solutions to future proof housing; Mātauranga Māori provides pathway to future-proof housing; Building research capacity in communities.

Challenge to build better; Transforming the building industry: State of Nation knowledge report; Toi Ohomai gets $700k for Maori health research project; NZ's hidden homes; Land costs and affordability; Investing in affordable homes; Can higher density enhance liveability?; Rebuilding great neighbourhoods; Supporting regional settlements; Valuing sunshine; Putting knowledge into action; Planning for the future; Decoding housing messages; TRANS-disciplinary research through STS practice: The co-creation of knowledge and collaboration; Casimir MacGregor - NSCs: Encouraging new ways of social science?

The Challenge Directorate; Governance Group meetings; Contracted SRAs; Maori Housing – Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua Investment process; Challenge Contract and KPIs; Contestable Funding Round; Challenge Conference, Christchurch, 5-6 September 2017; Upgrading the Challenge Website.