We all deserve housing, dignity and care. Through our mahi at Home Ground in Omārōrō – Newtown, we run a creative wellbeing space for women in the justice system based in the Newtown Park Apartments. Every week we sit alongside wāhine building their lives after prison or court involvement. We see the realities behind the headlines. The courage, resilience and enduring strength of women navigating poverty, trauma, system failures and housing insecurity while trying to reconnec

Home Ground is taking a pause. After six years of incredible work with our communities, we will be taking some time to figure out ‘where to from here’ – who we are serving, and how we are serving them. Our focus has always been on helping to cultivate a place to belong for women who are in the justice system. With wider changes to the prison environment and increasing challenges for whānau in the community right now, we need some space for reflection to figure out where we ca

Episode 7 will be available on Wellington Access Radio Wednesday 30th of July 2025. In this episode, Kaizah shares a piece of her story — in her own words, and in her own sound. ​ She’s called it: Destruction of self, reconstruction through community. It’s a raw and honest reflection on where she’s been, and the journey she’s taken to rebuild — with the help of the people, places, and spaces that held her along the way. Kaizah gives thanks to the many rooms that have suppor

This exciting new annual initiative is designed to empower ten women through a combination of intensive creative workshops, well-being support, and community connection.

It wasn’t until I found belonging again, until I had something real to wake up for, that I finally realised: