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  • Budgeting tips

    Find tips and tools to help with budgeting, saving and preparing for unexpected costs. Managing our money can be tricky – there’s a lot for us to think about, but creating a simple budget can help make things easier. No matter what situation

  • Housing the Future webinar

    Minister of Housing Hon Dr Megan Woods and CE Andrew McKenzie were guests on the Infrastructure NZ ‘Housing the Future’ webinar. well as questions from members. The $5 billion allocated to public and transitional housing under Budget 2020 was a major focus, as was current government

  • Making cooking a breeze – Whanganui community gets inspired to eat well on a budget

    From busy lives to raising a family, many people struggle to find the time or inspiration to cook healthy, nutritious meals within a budget for themselves and their whānau. customers, to share tips, tricks and inspiration for eating well on a budget. In October, the participants met at the UCOL | Te Pukenga Whanganui campus to learn

  • Christchurch customers connect over kai

    Fried rice and pita bread pizzas were just some of the culinary delights on the menu when tenants at a Kāinga Ora complex in Christchurch took part in a free course that offers tips on how to cook on a budget. shared with other residents how he shops and eats on a budget. Alex says he’s enjoying helping Amanda to bring everyone together and the “Money and Kai’ course

  • Delivering more housing when it’s needed most

    With price and inflationary pressures making developing and building homes more expensive, Kāinga Ora is reassessing a small number of its developments to ensure they are cost-effective while continuing to deliver more social housing. budgets. Kāinga Ora is delivering new housing at pace – we have around 6,300 homes under construction or contracted to be built across the country. Of these

  • Fresh coat of paint for thousands of our homes

    $50 million investment on painting Kāinga Ora homes across Aotearoa/New Zealand. Paul Commons says this investment is part of its half a billion dollar maintenance budget that sees improvements and maintenance carried out on more than 64,000

  • Miles of fencing for our tenants

    Masses of timber that would cover more than the distance between Dunedin and Oamaru will be erected as fencing on Kāinga Ora homes across the country this financial year. Chief Operating Officer Paul Commons says this investment is part of its half a billion dollar maintenance budget that sees improvements and maintenance

  • Home ownership resources

    Download our product brochures and access useful links to websites that can help you through the path to home ownership. [PDF, 378 KB] Other helpful websites If you would like to find out more about budgeting and getting financially ready to buy a home, visit: settled.govt.nz

  • Budget 2023: Confidence in delivery

    The Government’s Budget 2023 announcement today has confirmed Kāinga Ora will continue to deliver the additional public housing needed for New Zealanders. announced in the Government’s Budget today. Community Housing Providers, including Māori and iwi partners, will also be providing some of these homes and this

  • Kāinga Ora home leapfrogs family to home ownership

    Denise and Shannon know the difference a stable home can make. They've recently been able to purchase their very own home, and credit their former Kāinga Ora home as the stable base that helped them get there. . With the goal of saving more of their hard-earned money in place, they set up some simple budgeting measures like an automatic payment directing a portion of

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