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A home to help the healing

After a tough year fighting cancer, Jean is overjoyed to have recently moved into a new five-bedroom home in Rotorua with her children. for me to help out there. I’ve been able to give back even with my illness and be around good people who have no judgement.” The busy Mum also works part-time at

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. -Source are ready to help families overcome this challenge. Re-Source is a Hawke’s Bay not-for-profit focused on rehoming, reusing and repurposing pre-loved resources

COVID-19 - contact types, help with essential costs and supporting your workers

MSD and the COVID-19 team explain more about the types of contacts, how to get help with essential costs through Work and Income, and how you can support your workers with a range of financial support that is available. with. For more information go to Covid19.govt.nz (external link) Help with essential costs If you can’t work at the moment, have lost your job, or are working

Community comes together to celebrate momentous occasion

It was a time of celebration in Tauranga when our customer Sylvia recently celebrated her 100th birthday. A small party was held in her garden with a banquet of sweet and savoury treats and decorations displayed across the marquee. Her closest neighbours and friends were invited to come along to help celebrate the momentous occasion. Sylvia says she is close with her next-door neighbours

Our Programmes

Kāinga Ora has programmes to help our tenants find out how to keep homes warm, well-ventilated and as dry as possible. Renewable Energy Programme Kāinga Ora is installing solar panels on selected homes across the country, to help reduce energy costs for our tenants and make our

Kāinga Ora rolls out suicide prevention programme

The MATES in Construction suicide prevention programme will be delivered at Kāinga Ora building sites to help prevent deaths in the construction industry. Director Andrew Showler says the organisation has a role to play in enabling people in the industry to get help when they need it. “A staggering 47 construction

Waste not want not approach at heart of Neil’s good deeds

When Neil was growing up on a farm in Golden Bay, his parents instilled in him a core value: re-use anything you can and try not to let anything go to waste. Several decades later, and Neil, who lives in a Kāinga Ora home near Nelson, still has a passion for minimising waste and volunteers his time to help people

Young couple helped into their forever home

A young couple, who were living with their baby and five-year-old son in their grandparent’s sleep out, are the first people in Tairāwhiti to use Kāinga Ora’s First Home Partner scheme to get into their own first home. up their family, they were determined to buy this house. Luckily in Tairāwhiti there are lots of professionals ready to help people navigate their first home

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

Creating a sense of whānau for the whole neighbourhood

Tāmaki Makaurau customer Jacqui is legendary in her West Auckland community. As well as caring for her six – soon to be seven children – she spends much of her time volunteering at the Glenavon Community Hub near her Kāinga Ora home. what it’s all about. Some go on to volunteer with us, and we love having that help and the chance to get to know each other.” So, what exactly happens at the hub

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