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  • Buyers move in to Rotorua’s first KiwiBuild homes

    Homeownership means many things. For Venkat and Sowmya, it represents security and a new future for their two-year-old daughter Venya. Rotorua’s new Mountview Green neighbourhood, which is being built by property development company Watchman Capital. Construction is about to begin on another 27

  • Molley Green Reserve: ‘a place we call home’ reopens

    It’ll help enable up to 1,200 new homes in Auckland’s Roskill Development and is “hugely important” to the community that’s already here. Join Leah and Tessa for a tour of the newly-reopened Molley Green Reserve. residents were keen to explore a space where they’d previously always come together. On 23 May, Molley Green Reserve officially reopened after receiving final

  • Community organisations pitch in for social housing tenants

    A once under-utilised green space in Masterton has been transformed into a new playbox, planter boxes and a community noticeboard – thanks to local community groups and businesses banding together. supportive and has even helped source concrete free of charge from Higgins Concrete,” Scott says. “We can’t wait to see the green space full of people, life and

  • New beginnings at Mahora, Hastings

    We celebrated work starting on 40 new homes as the first development designed in collaboration with Hastings District Council, as part of the Hastings place-based approach. Bay’s larger developments, with 40 modern, warm and dry homes, along with greenspaces, communal areas and thoroughfares. Through the place-based approach, the

  • Healthier homes under Homestar

    A new standard in public housing is already helping tenants save money on power bills and providing warmer, healthier homes. Kāinga Ora has actively stepped into the global green building movement by committing all its new homes will be built to 6 Homestar standard. This means homes

  • New homes to be delivered in Dunedin

    Kāinga Ora is planning to purchase seven new homes from a local Dunedin developer to bring more homes to the Otago community. this. “We are particularly focussed on providing new homes in areas of the city that are well connected to amenities, open green spaces and services. The Galloway

  • Northcote Development evening draws community together

    Members of the Northcote community came together for an information evening to learn about progress in the Auckland suburb since the work on Northcote Development began in 2017. was a chance for Kāinga Ora to join with organisations working towards improving the town and community, by delivering new homes and amenities, upgrading green

  • Land purchased for new homes for people in Rotorua

    To help meet the urgent need for more homes for whānau and tamariki in Rotorua, Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities has bought a large vacant plot of land in Rotorua where more warm, dry and modern homes will be built. density public housing, and expect to offer a range of different sized homes. “There will also be landscaped shared green spaces, off-street parking, and strong

  • Pushing innovation at Busby Street

    Off-site manufacturing (OSM) technologies combine in this standout pilot project in Auckland’s Blockhouse Bay. standards for warmth, dryness and health. Since July 2019, all Kāinga Ora built state homes have been constructed to a New Zealand Green Building Council 6 Homestar

  • 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. stuff into the car and drove down. It was a massive adventure,” Rob says. It was hard when they first arrived in Invercargill. They had very little money, no

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