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Who we are

Kāinga Ora provides social housing and support to individuals and families across New Zealand. examples are: The Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) 2015 Building Act 2004 Housing Improvement Regulations 1947 Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 and associated regulations Explore more Meet our Leadership Team Contact us

Emergency and disaster preparedness

Emergencies can happen anywhere, any time and without warning. We can look after ourselves and the people we care about by knowing the different ways to stay informed. to these stations: Radio New Zealand The Hits NewstalkZB MoreFM Radio Live Online For local updates, our council and local Civil Defence Emergency Management

An open home of a different kind

A fire in an Invercargill home has become an important tool in helping educate people about the dangers of house fires. Intervention Programme, where Fire and Emergency staff work with children to prevent similar fires happening in New Zealand homes. The Fire and Emergency crew had set up

Having a pet

We know that pets can be great companions, and where possible, we want you and your whānau to experience the many benefits of pet ownership. you want to have a pet at your home. Are there any conditions to having a pet? There are laws that apply to everyone in New Zealand who keeps pets. Your local

Old flames: Kāinga Ora partnership with Fire and Emergency NZ going strong

A house fire can be devastating and at worst, deadly. To help reduce the risk of fires in our homes, we’ve joined forces with Fire and Emergency New Zealand. investigate fires that do happen. It’s an important relationship.” Pete Gallagher, Risk Reduction and Investigations Manager at Fire and Emergency New Zealand

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. season and start 2020 with a great new place to call home.” Having these families move in to the new homes will in turn free up space at emergency housing for

Being a good neighbour

Being a good neighbour is an important part of living in your community. We encourage all our tenants to act as good neighbours. any suspicious activity keep the noise coming from your place (music, parties, alarms, dogs, cars and so on) at a reasonable level, particularly at night be

Ruby a gem of the local community

Kāinga Ora customer Ruby is paddling away happily on a ‘waka of change’.

Ruby says she has turned her life around in the past five years since she moved from emergency housing into her Kāinga Ora home with her now 10-year-old and 17-year-old sons. With a stable roof over her head, the Christchurch mum spent two years volunteering for her local community patrol, which supports Police to keep the area safe

Our driveway safety programme

We care about the safety of our tenants and want to do what we can to prevent young children from being run over and hurt in our homes’ driveways. is to inspect all of our homes around New Zealand and make any necessary safety improvements. Across New Zealand, we’ve made improvements to more than 20,000

Kura students help bless 10 new Gisborne homes

New Gisborne apartments resounded with the sweet voices of students from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hawaiki Hou as they assisted Kaikarakia to implant mauri (spiritual energy) into the homes. individuals and whānau who are leaving the uncertainty of living in emergency and transitional housing. The 10 new homes are a combination of two and three-bedrooms and

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