BCom(Hons) Marketing, PGDip Development Studies, BA Design PhD Student; HHRP
Contact details
Tel +64 27 349 2629
Email lara.rangiwhetu@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Research interests and activities
Lara is a PhD candidate at University of Otago, Wellington. She is working on evaluating the upgrade of Arlington, Wellington City Council's largest social housing site as well as other urban regeneration projects. Her research interests include social justice, equity and wellbeing.
Publications
Rangiwhetu, L. J., Pierse, N., Chisholm, E., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2020). Public housing and well-being: Evaluation frameworks to influence policy. Health Education & Behavior, 47(6), 825-835. doi: 10.1177/1090198120917095
Rangiwhetu, L. (2019). Evaluating the impact of social housing remediation and regeneration on tenants' wellbeing: Health, social connections and safety (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9653
Cook, H. and co-signatories, including Aspinall, C., Baker, M., Ball, J., Brewer, N., Cleghorn, C., Cunningham, R., Donovan, S., D'Souza, A., Edwards, R., Fraser, B., Gage, R., Hoek, J., Howden-Chapman, P., Hurley, K., Kvalsvig, A., Kvizhinadze, G., Lawson-Te Aho, K., McIntyre, M. E., Ombler, J., O'Sullivan, K., Pierse, N., Purdie, N., Rangiwhetu, L., Reidy, J., Russel, M., Sarfati, D., Shaw, C., Signal, L., Stanley, J., Thornley, L., Viggers, H., White, M., Wilson, N., and Zhang, W. (2018). Revision of the Abortion Law. Submission to New Zealand Parliament, Wellington, New Zealand. [Government Submission].
Rangiwhetu, L., Howden-Chapman, P., Pierse, N., Chisholm, E., Randal, E., & Short, I. (2018). Evaluating the Tamaki regeneration. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Energy and Environment of Residential Buildings (ICEERB): Housing Sustainability in Urban Areas. (pp. 41). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/iceerb-2018
Rangiwhetu, L., Pierse, N., Viggers, H., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2018). Cold New Zealand council housing getting an upgrade. Policy Quarterly, 14(2), 65, 73.