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Industry Hub

Kāinga Ora has several focus areas that influence how we work with, and within, communities to deliver new homes and amenities. Find out more here.

Sustainability, Urban Design

Researching architectural responses to climate

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Sustainability, Urban Design

Researching architectural responses to climate change

Late last year, Mitra Homolja and Ellie Tuckey, founders of Third Studio in Wellington, received the inaugural F. Gordon Wilson Fellowship for public housing.

Build, Community, Sustainability, Partnerships

Recycling and reuse at the heart of Port Chalmers

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Build, Community, Sustainability, Partnerships

Recycling and reuse at the heart of Port Chalmers redevelopments

The redevelopment of Kāinga Ora homes in Port Chalmers, Dunedin is showing how a more sustainable approach to developing sites can benefit not only the environment, but the local community as well.

Build, Community, Sustainability

From (under) the ground up: How thriving communities

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Build, Community, Sustainability

From (under) the ground up: How thriving communities begin

Infrastructure is more than just pipes and cables, it’s the things that bring people together and which make our neighbourhoods more resilient. Done well, infrastructure can increase connectivity, improve our environment and enable thousands of homes.

Sustainability

What does it mean to be truly climate

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Sustainability

What does it mean to be truly climate resilient?

Our Director – Sustainability Alec Tang, discusses recent climate events and the broad approach required to truly build community and climate resilience.

Build, Community, Sustainability, Partnerships

Building opportunity through

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Build, Community, Sustainability, Partnerships

Building opportunity through waste

Timber from old public houses is being used to create new furniture and assist with skills training in Tonga.

Sustainability

Putting sustainability at the core of our new

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Sustainability

Putting sustainability at the core of our new communities

Sustainability measures have been ‘baked into’ Hobsonville Point - Auckland’s fastest-growing new township - since its inception ten years ago.