Milton Street Homes Blessed in Nelson

A new chapter of hope has begun in Nelson, with the blessing of our Milton Street housing development. The site will provide warm, stable homes for people who have faced housing insecurity. Community partners, supporters, iwi and local leaders gathered for the occasion, celebrating a shared effort to create long-term housing solutions. The blessing itself was a significant occasion that honoured the traditions and cultural practices of mana whenua, Ngā Iwi e Waru o Te Tauihu. As part of the ceremony, symbolic mauri stones were carefully laid into the whenua, acknowledging the life force and spiritual connection of the land, and grounding the development in the values of protection, wellbeing and belonging for future whānau who will call the site home.