PHOTO: VIRGINIA FALLON/STUFF The motel is on the corner of State Highway 1, soon to be bypassed by Transmission Gully.
In a first for Wellington, travellers and tourists will make way for people in need as Kāinga Ora – formerly known as Housing NZ – buys a 17-unit Plimmerton motel for transitional accommodation.
With a 1618-long waiting list for social housing in the region, the government is dipping its toe in the motel market.
Agency spokesman Andrew Booker said the government was delivering more public housing to meet an increasing need in communities.
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