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• Drones a game changer for maintenance

  In a first for Kāinga Ora, we’re trialling the use of drones to assess the condition of roofs and gutters on our homes, and it’s proving to be a game changer for our maintenance teams. The drone pilot kicked off in late October as part of our roof replacement programme, which focuses on re-roofing older Kāinga Ora houses, significantly

• Significant funding boost announced for Auckland housing developments

  Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Dr Megan Woods, today announced further infrastructure funding for the five large-scale urban renewal projects Kāinga Ora has underway in Auckland. additional public homes, 4,000 replacement Kāinga Ora homes, and 10,000 additional affordable and market homes. The increased infrastructure capacity will also

• Families move into supported transitional housing in Rotorua

  Around 80 people are moving into warm and dry temporary supported housing in Rotorua this month, following completion of upgrade work by Kāinga Ora to convert a former motel. carpet replacement; kitchen and bathroom ventilation and extraction units; and whiteware and cooking appliances. All spa baths and spas have been removed, the

• New home, new outlook on life

  Cece felt like she’d struck it lucky when she walked into her new Kāinga Ora home in Christchurch after living in emergency housing. car and broke her hip. After having a hip replacement, she now lives with chronic back pain and uses a mobility scooter to get around when she’s not at home

• Ripeka, 71, is a real-life fitness influencer

  Whaea Ripeka doesn’t need social media to gain a following, her mana is such that young people follow her wherever she goes. Undeterred by a painful back injury and the wait for a second hip replacement, she’s the face of fitness at her Kāinga Ora apartment complex in central

• Delivering new and improved state housing

  Kāinga Ora is carrying out the biggest upgrade of state houses ever undertaken in New Zealand. replacement We’re improving the quality of our older homes by: Significantly renovating those that are in the right places under our retrofit programme , adding at

• Retrofit programme transforms thousands of older state homes

  More New Zealanders are living in modernised, healthier homes, thanks to our retrofit programme, which recently reached a major milestone with the upgrade of its 3,500th state house. , close to schools, employment, and the other services they need,” Caroline says. A key benefit of the programme is its focus on improvement over replacement where

• Salu’s whānau settle back in, a year after the Auckland Anniversary flooding

  The new year signalled a happy start for Salu and her family as they settled into their renovated home. Now they can relax and look to the future rather than worry about the past. moved or worked around repairs. Dozens of partner agencies provided aid to customers, from replacement bedding and furniture to somewhere to wash clothes. We are

• Delivering more housing when it’s needed most

  With price and inflationary pressures making developing and building homes more expensive, Kāinga Ora is reassessing a small number of its developments to ensure they are cost-effective while continuing to deliver more social housing. existing landholdings so that land can support more intensive land use. We are also delivering 40 years of renewal activity – that’s the major upgrade or replacement

• The transition to an electric fleet, our journey so far

  As a public agency with over 760 fleet vehicles, we recognise the importance of transitioning our vehicles to be fully electric by 2025 to help meet the Government’s target of a carbon neutral public sector. charging infrastructure. Estimated carbon savings: Replacement of 24 petrol vehicles with fully electric vehicles will save us an estimated ~208 T carbon over three