Housing Heroes nominations rolling in!
ŌCHT community engagement lead Polly is busy receiving nominations for the 2025 Housing Heroes Awards.
Have you nominated your ŌCHT Housing Hero (to recognise a local legend AND go into the draw to win one of five $50 vouchers) yet?
If you haven’t, there’s still time to nominate the neighbour who goes above and beyond to contribute to your community.
As of September 30, nearly 20 ŌCHT tenants were already on the nominations list.
Many of these amazing neighbours got more than one nomination.
They've been nominated for all sorts of stuff that helps their communities, including:
providing an amazing community lounge environment, with information and activities
visiting neighbours in hospital
getting food parcels to those in need
mobilising emergency services when there was a fire
organising a community Halloween event
caring for others’ gardens and keeping shared spaces extra tidy
washing neighbours' kerbside bins
doing odd jobs for vulnerable or unwell neighbours
teaching a neighbour to cook (how good!)
taking neighbours to shopping and appointments
keeping an eye on neighbours with mobility issues and helping out when they need it
sharing clothing
charging car batteries, changing tyres
supporting neighbours for whom English is a second language
Nominations close on October 20 - so click through to the Housing Heroes 2025 page to learn more and to make your nomination!
The Housing Heroes Awards are part of the ŌCHT Tenant Annual Meeting, to be held at Oxford Terrace Baptist Church Auditorium, 286 Oxford Terrace, from 11am on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
All tenants and whānau invited. Free light lunch provided. Attend the whole meeting for your chance to win a $20 voucher - and Housing Heroes nominators have to attend to be eligible to win the in the $50 voucher prize draw!
