Marfell
Neglected New Plymouth neighbourhood to get 68 Kiwibuild homes
20 Nov 2018
Sixty-eight Kiwibuild homes are to be built in Marfell, a neglected New Plymouth neighbourhood, more than a decade after a new housing project was first promised. But some locals remain sceptical… Video, Audio
Govt has wiped its hands of suburb - Labour
15 Jul 2016
Labour leader Andrew Little, who was raised in Marfell, is blaming the government for the looting of derelict state housing in the New Plymouth suburb.
New Plymouth state houses sit empty
18 May 2016
While people in Auckland are forced to live in cars and garages, New Plymouth's Marfell is a ghost town - and a social housing advocate wants to know why so many state houses there are empty. Video, Audio
