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Flying the flag to support our mates

With construction workers six times more likely to die by suicide than a workplace accident, hundreds of sites across the country are flying the flag in support of mental health and suicide prevention. New Zealand are well-equipped to manage the physical risks of working on site. But MATES in Construction Field Officer Raman Lee sees one crucial piece of the

Kāinga Ora scoops Māori Crown Relationships Award

Congratulations to our people who were part of the team that won the Te Hāpai Hāpori - Spirit of Service Awards 2020 Māori Crown Relationships Award. New Zealand School of Government, presented the award and said this modern future focused partnership started with kōrero, cups of tea and building trust, and

New homes prove Massey students’ building cred

A group of West Auckland students have come out of school with building trade qualifications – and have the houses to prove it. More than 30 Massey High School students have earned trade skill qualifications while building new state homes in the first full year of a partnership with

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. in her 40s and is now a qualified personal trainer. When she graduated from the New Zealand Institute of Sport, she set up an online fitness programme but

Students lay the foundation for a career in trades

The Kāinga Ora Downer cadetship programme is winding up another successful year teaming school students up with maintenance contractors to learn the skills of a trade. gives students a chance to gain autonomy, capability and capacity to then head into employment.” This year, the New Zealand Building and Construction Industry

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. supervision to New Zealand Green Building Council 6 Homestar standards. One of the first things that was carried into the home was the Christmas tree. The move is a

High school students building new Kāinga Ora homes

Massey High School building academy students felt a deep sense of pride as their first Kāinga Ora home was officially opened. The new three-bedroom home was built on the Massey school grounds, but now sits in Mangere, with a family set to move in shortly. Seventeen-year-old Mckoy

Waikato Wellbeing Summit

Our staff are making an impact on a regional project in Waikato aimed at improving the wellbeing of all of the region by 2030. of her hope that the project will be used as a blueprint for other regions across New Zealand.

Teenagers building new Kāinga Ora homes for Northland

The Dargaville High School Building Academy has partnered with Kāinga Ora to deliver at least six new warm and dry state homes. partnership with Kāinga Ora, after Massey High School started producing new state homes earlier this year. Kāinga Ora works with a number of organisations to help

Dinosaur digger wows Gore school children

It is all go at 29 Hamilton Street, Gore this month as Kāinga Ora progresses the development of new public housing on the former site of the Gore Country Music Club. Local school children from East Gore School were invited along to watch Ryal Bush’s ‘dinosaur digger’ begin to deconstruct the club’s former home, the Longford

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