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• A new start: Laura's journey to a brighter future

  A home can provide so much more than simply a roof over someone’s head – in fact, the right home can be truly life-changing. Just ask Hamilton woman Laura, who has regained her independence since moving into her new, accessible Kāinga Ora home. Laura. Laura is determined she wouldn’t be in her new home without the ongoing support and efforts of her Housing Support Manager, Leah. “We worked together

• Tinna’s whimsical garden filling hearts – and tummies

  Everyone needs a sanctuary – a place to retreat to when life gets tough. For Christchurch mum Tinna, her sanctuary is the garden she has lovingly created at her Kāinga Ora home, Bush Cottage. , like lasagne’’ she tells us. “It is hard work, and you just have to keep at it and at it, but my garden has saved me.’’ By age 15, Tinna had lost both her parents

• Mere's heart of gold transforms lives

  For more than five decades Mere has been opening her heart - and her home - to children in need of a safe, welcoming place to stay. It was 1970 when Mere, who had only recently lost her husband, agreed to foster two Dunedin children. Fast-forward 53-years and Mere, now aged 80, is still

• New homes partnership a win for all involved

  New homes are being built as part of an ongoing partnership between Kāinga Ora and the Department of Corrections. prisoners. More than 80 homes have either been refurbished or built from scratch by prisoners working in trade training at Rolleston Prison, and at least 100 brand-new

• New homes change lives of two large Hastings families

  Tears are very close to the surface this Christmas for mum of six Paula. Her eyes glaze over when she thinks about the phone call she received from Kāinga Ora saying they had a 4 bedroom home in Hastings she could move into. Tears also appear when she talks about finally putting a picture on the wall or what she is planning to put in her vegetable garden. Paula and her children

• Kaliopasi family enjoy a new home for Christmas

  Last week nine members of the Kaliopasi family moved into a new five-bedroom home that was built by students at Unitec in Auckland under a trade academy partnership with Kāinga Ora. The 143sqm home was trucked to Gisborne earlier this year. school. “I am particularly looking forward to having my own room and some space to work efficiently. I am employed by a company based in Auckland but have worked

• A stable home for Jamie after 60 years

  Jamie from Palmerston North knows better than anyone what a difference a stable home can make. me something to work on and I built my life around that stable pillar. It is such a special feeling that if anything else fails in my life, I still have a roof

• From growing plants to growing communities

  Kāinga Ora has collaborated with St Brigid's School in Johnsonville to help bring a community garden to life. to the initiative in their own way. “We have one customer who bakes a cake at the end of the term to say thank you and celebrate all the hard work the students

• Hundreds more on the tools through apprenticeship programmes

  More than 500 budding tradespeople have been supported into careers over the past two years due to Kāinga Ora apprenticeship programmes. path. If you work hard and put the time and effort into a trade, I guarantee you’ll reap the benefits.” The apprentices and cadets are placed into jobs with

• Rangatahi renovations build connection and career pathways

  Four homes arrived on trucks, but that’s just where the journey began for 75 teenage tradies in training. Rangatahi tell us why they wanted to restore a relocated Kāinga Ora home. I was home. I'd found my whānau,” George says. Two years ago, aged 16, he had been “going through hard times” and wanted to change his life around. George’s