Whare Hauora

We create home sensors that measure the health of your home, and alerts you when a room is too damp, too hot or too cold.

Nationwide

Whare Hauora has created Mānawa - a smart home kit of four home sensors that measure the temperature and humidity of a room every 30 seconds.

Simply place sensors in each room you spend significant time in, along with a gateway unit that connects the sensors to form a network. This gateway gathers all the readings, compares them against World Health Organisation for healthy homes, and tells you if your room is going to make you sick.

**Did you know that when room humidity reaches over 60% it means mould is probably growing in your home and is releasing spores into the air which can trigger asthma and allergic reactions like coughing, sneezing and skin irritation?**

Whare Hauora works with community organisations to prioritise vulnerable whānau to ensure access to sensor kits. Our goal is to empower, educate and connect whānau so they are supported to create healthier homes. Within this kaupapa, we also advocate for better housing standards for Aotearoa and support initiatives for more affordable power and electricity costs for low-income whānau.

More about us

Whare Hauora supports whānau health and wellbeing. It is the parent organisation for both Whare Hauora home health sensors, and Pae Hono which helps whānau prepare for, navigate and recover from COVID-19.

Use of funds

Funds raised will go towards setting up and funding our prototyping in local areas to get both software, hardware and 3D printing completed. From there we will refine our process and be able to offer this at a scale while looking to train and educate communities about coding and empower residents to make decisions about their living arrangements.