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  • New home a game-changer for wheelchair sports enthusiast

    Wheelchair sports enthusiast and Dunedin local Dillon says his wellbeing has improved tenfold since he moved into his fully accessible Kāinga Ora home. The 30-year-old has progressively lost his mobility because of Friedreich’s Ataxia – a rare condition that affects some of the body’s nerves. “Friedreich’s

  • Josh’s journey to supporting others

    When Josh was going through one of the most difficult moments of his life, rather than focusing solely on his own journey, his thoughts turned to how he could help others in the same situation. When he was 18 years old, Josh (now 25), from Christchurch was paralysed after a rare autoimmune disease called transverse myelitis damaged his spinal cord

  • 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. mental health education and support initiative first launched in New Zealand in October, but has been available for 11 years in Australia, where construction

  • 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. Service Commission, which focused on auahatanga (innovation), whakapūmautanga (durability) and kōwhiringa (opportunities). Dame Karen Sewell, from the Australia and

  • Kāinga Ora appoints internal leader Tracey Taylor as Chief Executive

    The Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities Board has appointed Tracey Taylor, currently Kāinga Ora’s Chief People and Assurance Officer, as its incoming Chief Executive. the Board was delighted to appoint Tracey following a robust and highly competitive recruitment process that involved a search across New Zealand and Australia

  • Online ‘Lunch Room’ to support construction workers

    Suicide prevention charity MATES in Construction NZ has launched an online Lunch Room to support construction workers during the COVID-19 lockdown. place, but the participants will find the atmosphere relaxing.” MATES in Construction is a charitable organisation formed in Australia in 2008. Kāinga Ora signed a

  • Kāinga Ora brings unique solar sharing system to Northland

    Kāinga Ora has brought world leading solar sharing technology to Whangārei, with customers at its Anzac Road complex among the first in the country to benefit. development and Napier’s 24-unit Seddon Crescent development completed last month. Kāinga Ora has partnered with leading Australian company Allume Energy to bring the SolShare system to New Zealand.  

  • Kāinga Ora scores two wins in Australasian Housing Institute Awards

    Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities has scooped two awards in the New Zealand section of the 2021 Australasian Housing Institute Awards (AHI). These awards were for our COVID-19 response in 2020 and for Te Mahi Ngatahi Maintenance Contract. winners across the Australian states for the overall Australasian awards held in Melbourne in March 2022. Kāinga Ora took out the two categories of Excellence in

  • “Unpack your bags – we’re here to stay.”

    Napier’s largest social housing development is giving families like Lance and Anna’s the stability they’ve been searching for. solution to another always searching for a place to call home. Their journey has been one of resilience. After returning from Australia, they stayed with

  • Future looks bright again thanks to new home

    For Amye, her new Kāinga Ora home in Dunedin means she can live her life how she wants and get back to what she loves doing – working. much of her twenties working in Australia, but her life took an unexpected turn when she moved to Mosgiel to support her sister and niece through some personal