But Auckland is not alone – there are many cities around the world facing similar challenges – also struggling to try and solve a large complex, seemingly intractable problem. Leonie has a global solution and a proper fix to solving the Housing crisis.

Leonie is a business futurist, entrepreneur, housing strategist and speaker. She is a visionary leader and is regarded as one of New Zealand’s leading business women having spent over 25 years disrupting and transforming businesses. This has included creating the concept of what is now realestate.co.nz in 1996 which was one of the first commercial websites in New Zealand. She purchased a small run-down property management business and transformed it before selling in 2007.

She has spent the last 8 years focused on contribution in the public sector and launched thehomepage.nz in 2016 as an independent initiative to solving Auckland’s Housing Crisis.