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  • A new family home for Christmas

    Families in need will be spending this Christmas in a new warm, dry home, thanks to 12 new Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities state homes at Strathmore, Wellington. homes will come from emergency housing: “Families who are currently in emergency housing will also be moving into these homes, so they can celebrate the holiday

  • Teaming up to provide Christmas cheer

    This Christmas, Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities and Wellington City Mission are teaming up to provide some of our most vulnerable tenants a Christmas or New Year treat. Valley and Wellington City. “We are aware the end of year holiday period can be a tough time for many kiwis” says Jackie, Kāinga Ora, Regional Manager. “Working

  • Home ownership

    Thinking about buying your first home but not sure where to start? Kāinga Ora offers and supports several products that can give you a helping hand towards home ownership. Have a look at what could be right for you. Home Ownership team holiday hours The Home Ownership team will be out of the office over the holiday period, from 12pm Wednesday, 24 December 2025, returning

  • Holidays Act Payments

    have led to some current and former employees receiving incorrect payments under the Holidays Act 2003 (the Act). We've completed this work and became

  • From refugee to community leader

    Nasra wanted her new neighbourhood to feel safe and welcoming, so she made it her mission to create a friendly community. includes a community room, so Nasra and her helpers decided to start by using the space to run a free school holiday programme. It’s been a great success with up

  • Valuable insights from Oranga holiday programme

    Holiday programmes are always heaps of fun and a recent Oranga - Auckland programme was no exception. . Come completion approximately 1,100 new homes would have been built in Oranga. The Oranga holiday programme was a mahi tahi partnership between Auckland Council

  • Kāinga Whenua

    The Kāinga Whenua Loan is designed to support whānau Māori with their housing aspirations and remove some of the barriers to accessing finance. The Home Ownership team will be out of the office over the holiday period, from 12pm Wednesday, 24 December 2025, returning 8am on Monday, 5 January 2026

  • Budgeting tips

    Find tips and tools to help with budgeting, saving and preparing for unexpected costs. we’re in, following a budget means we can keep track of all our bills and expenses, and save for a rainy day or the holiday season. With these tools, tips and

  • Sights set on plumbing apprenticeship for students

    Two Year 12 students from Auckland Seventh Day Adventist School, Maio and Jojo, have spent the school holidays on the road with Ubend Plumbing as cadets, taking part in the Kāinga Ora Spotless cadetship programme. holidays, visiting homes all over Auckland and providing plumbing support to our mentors. "We’ve helped replace toilets, find leaks and learnt how to repair or

  • Cadetship paving way for young women in construction

    It’s not often you find high school students willing to give up their school holidays to do work experience, but for Sisilia, a young woman from Mangere, the decision was easy. , while encouraging employment and providing a positive activity for the school holidays. “My first cadetship during term 2 was daunting,” said Sisilia. “I was shy

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