News
See the latest updates from Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities.
20 September 2021
Creative customer rests easy in new home
Salah feels like he can start afresh in his new Kāinga Ora home. He moved into a new development in Auckland’s New Lynn in February.
17 September 2021
Kāinga Ora site helps with eradicating pests in Wellington
With ground investigation starting on Kāinga Ora’s Arlington site, we had a stack of old fence palings needing a new home.
15 September 2021
Government's infrastructure fund for housing accelerates
The Government’s Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF), a contestable fund aimed at accelerating key infrastructure for housing development, has received a strong response from councils, iwi and developers throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
13 September 2021
Consentium takes out innovation award
Kāinga Ora Building Consent Authority (BCA) Consentium has won the Innovator of the Year Award at the Building Officials Institute of New Zealand (BOINZ) Excellence Awards.
7 September 2021
New Mangere development promises tiny carbon footprint and power bills
Kāinga Ora has taken its first step towards low carbon public housing, receiving design endorsement to build 18 homes to Passive House standard in Mangere, Auckland.
27 August 2021
'Don’t get in your own way’: Partnership provides post-Covid career opportunity
From graphic design to a carpentry apprenticeship, the impact of Covid-19 in 2020 led to a new career path for one Christchurch woman.
17 August 2021
New Northcote homes just the ticket
A couple of our customers had some rather special visitors recently. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Housing Minister Megan Woods, MP for Northcote Shanan Halbert, and some of our staff, popped by for a chat about their new homes in the Northcote Development.
9 August 2021
Food forest for future foraging
Our people have been doing the mahi to help create a food forest for locals in Molley Green Reserve, Mount Roskill, Auckland.
28 July 2021
Important milestone for Highbury Triangle
A whakawātea (cleansing) has recently been held in advance of civil works starting in early August.
20 July 2021
More housing solutions for Rotorua on the way
Further progress has been made in bringing on more housing solutions in Rotorua, with the purchase of a 30 unit property which will provide over 80 people with warm and dry temporary housing.
13 July 2021
Major Government investment in water and sewerage infrastructure for eastern Porirua
The Porirua Development is more than just upgrading and creating news homes in eastern Porirua; it’s about ensuring the infrastructure and community amenities can support future generations.
8 July 2021
Ramping up offsite manufactured builds
As we look to increase off-site manufactured (OSM) builds within Kāinga Ora housing developments, we’re investigating the capacity of OSM suppliers around New Zealand to supply this type of home at scale.
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