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From emergency housing to flourishing gardens

When Damien moved into his Kāinga Ora home in Dunedin in May 2025, life started to feel more settled for his whānau. After stints living with family, and then spending time in emergency housing, he finally has a stable place to call home was about 10 years old,” he says. But in emergency housing, there was no space to grow kai. As soon as he settled into his new home, Damien rolled up his

Ko e nofo totongi ‘i ha ‘api

Ngaahi fakakaukau tokoni ki hono kamata‘i kapau ‘oku ke loto ke tohi kole ki ha fale nofo‘anga ki he fa‘ahinga ‘oku mā‘ulalo ‘enau tu‘unga fakapa‘angá, kau ai ha ‘api nofo‘anga ‘a e Kāinga Ora. call: Work and Income - Apply for public housing (external link) on 0800 559 009 or Senior Services (external link) on 0800 552 002 if you’re over 65. Emergency

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

Local agencies help each other to home whānau before christmas

With Hasting’s new social housing build programme in full swing, it was satisfying to see 14 more homes ready for whānau to move into the week before Christmas. This is great news especially for families who have been living in emergency housing. emergency housing, where they can’t have any of their own household goods, into a long-term Kāinga Ora home. “When one of the team from Kāinga Ora contacted Re

New home, new outlook on life

Cece felt like she’d struck it lucky when she walked into her new Kāinga Ora home in Christchurch after living in emergency housing. . Cece and Ray Charles When Cece had to move out of a private rental home three years ago, she struggled to find another suitable place to live. Emergency housing

New homes make a difference for whānau with health challenges

Not having somewhere suitable to live is challenging for anyone, but when you are battling health issues, that challenge is compounded. more than two years staying in emergency housing, dealing with a health problem, Phillip and Bromlyn never thought they would live in a place where they could

42 new much needed whare for Rotorua whānau

The largest public housing development in Rotorua has seen 42 homes completed at Quartz Avenue, Pukehangi. ready subdivision was bought. Most of those who will move in are expected to be families and come from emergency and transitional housing. Darren Toy, Bay of

More new homes for Rotorua

Around 60 further new public homes are planned for Rotorua, with the purchase by Kāinga Ora of a build ready subdivision in Pukehangi. news for Rotorua families and people in need. “There’s a real and urgent need to get whānau and tamariki out of motels and other forms of emergency housing

Working with building developers boosts public housing in Gisborne

Agreements between Kāinga Ora and building developers will lift the number of social houses available in one of the eight areas of severe housing deprivation identified in the public housing plan. families and children out of motels and other forms of emergency housing, and into more secure homes where they can feel settled and able to move forward with

New town provides new life for father and son

Single dad Rob never imagined he and his son Tamawhero would end up living in Invercargill, but a move to the deep south has delivered them a new home and new outlook on life. work and ended up in emergency housing. “I knew I needed to find stable work and get us out of there,’’ says Rob. It was after a visit to the Ministry of Social

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