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  • First Home Loan

    A First Home Loan can make it easier for you to get into your first home by lowering the required deposit to 5%. Monday, 12 January 2026. Finding the deposit for your first home can be a challenge, with most lenders currently requiring a minimum 20% deposit. But with a First

  • 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. Contacts may also be identified via the Bluetooth function in the NZ COVID Tracer app; they would receive an orange notification stating that they are a ‘Close

  • Tracking our performance

    Since the appointment of a new Board in mid-2024, we’ve been making significant changes to strengthen our financial sustainability and refocus on our core mission of being a responsible landlord who looks after our homes and tenants and serves communities well. after tax. We've changed to re-tax reporting as it is a more accurate reflection of the organisation's financial performance. Why these measures matter Disruptive

  • Holidays Act Payments

    between work and other aspects of the lives of employees. It provides employees with minimum leave entitlements such as: annual holidays alternate holidays

  • First Home Partner

    The purpose of this page is to assist existing First Home Partner customers. This scheme is now fully subscribed. Monday, 5 January 2026 . Note that any applications or correspondence received after Monday, 15 December 2025 may not be reviewed until the week commencing

  • KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal

    If you have been a member of KiwiSaver for at least 3 years, you may be able to make a withdrawal from your savings to put towards buying your first home. Monday, 12 January 2026. Eligible members can withdraw their KiwiSaver savings (including tax credits). However at least $1,000 must remain in their KiwiSaver

  • Responses to OIA requests

    This page provides responses to selected Official Information Act (OIA) requests. This includes OIA's on topics of public interest and/or useful research purposes. - 2026 [PDF, 382 KB] July 31 July 2025 - Capital Spending Fiscal Budget [PDF, 509 KB] 29 July 2025 - Kāinga Ora Properties, Leased, Sold by TLA [PDF, 237 KB] 29 July

  • Accessibility at Kāinga Ora

    Kāinga Ora has a responsibility to ensure we are getting housing right for all our customers, including those with accessibility needs. We have had an Accessibility Policy in place since 2020, which sets out our commitment for our public housing properties. 权利公约》规定的义务以及《2016-2026 年新西兰残疾战略》及其相关的 《 2019-2023 年残疾行动计划》中所明确的义务 (external link) 政策的工具、支持和可访问版本 已有的文档和资源列表。 Kāinga Ora无障碍政策——  [PDF, 2.2 MB] (标准版) Kāinga

  • Changes announced for home ownership products

    The Government has today announced changes to some of the home ownership products and programmes administered by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. First Home Grant house price caps will be updated in several areas throughout the country to align with current market values. The minimum First Home Grant

  • Kāinga Ora Strategic Engagement

    Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities is working on some of our key strategies and would like to invite our partners and stakeholders to attend our online engagement hui and / or engage with us online. Kāinga Ora Māori Strategy 2021-2026. We are now ready to engage on Kāinga Ora Strategy 2030 and a number of other strategies and plans, which set out how we plan

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