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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. chance to gain hands-on experience with Panorama Painters. “I currently take a building course at the MIT Tec Park in Manukau, and this programme has helped me see a

UCOL | Te Pūkenga students design community spaces for Kāinga Ora customers

Kāinga Ora is upgrading 24 apartments at Brentwood Avenue in Palmerston North to make them warmer, drier and healthier. Zealand Diploma in Architectural Technology second-year students visited the Brentwood Avenue site in September to look at potential community spaces. They

House built at Rimutaka Prison for a whānau in need

One of the first houses to be built at Rimutaka Prison, as part of a partnership between Kāinga Ora and WelTec, will soon be transported to its permanent site. themselves by earning skills and qualifications which can help them gain good long-term jobs when they are released”. “This in turn gives them a better chance

Thrift and connection – Diana inspires her neighbours

Avid knitter Diana has discovered an innovative way to use discarded plastic - she knits it into eye-catching bags and phone cases, which she gifts and sells within her community. joy to know that I’m making things that will have a second chance at life. Necessity is the mother of invention,” says Diana. The long-time Kāinga Ora customer

Building a pipeline of apprentices

Kāinga Ora has helped more than 70 young people into an apprenticeship with the assistance of training and pastoral care providers. challenges, but he prefers to look on the bright side. “It’s given us a chance to pause and reflect on what’s really important – family, friends and finding

Hard work pays off for young family

Buying your first home is an accomplishment in itself, but it’s even more remarkable when you’re a young couple who came to New Zealand as refugees. local kindergarten round the corner – and now goes to the local primary school. A couple of years later, the couple welcomed their second child, Prajal, who will

Young couple helped into their forever home

A young couple, who were living with their baby and five-year-old son in their grandparent’s sleep out, are the first people in Tairāwhiti to use Kāinga Ora’s First Home Partner scheme to get into their own first home. Ora Stakeholder Relationship Manager. “The couple started looking to buy a home when they were expecting their second child. They were in KiwiSaver and were

Etu Rakau: creating a circular economy by connecting community

Rata Taiwhanga is determined to cultivate connection – to build the type of community he wished for while growing up in a Kāinga Ora home. At one of our properties in Mangere, he’s secured nearly $80,000 to do just that. māra [garden].” At the February workshop, students quite literally laid the groundwork for this to happen – in a matter of minutes, they set up the second

He wāhi pai ki te mahi

I pātaihia e mātou ētahi o ā mātou kaimahi he aha e rerekē ai a Kāinga Ora ki ētahi atu wāhi mahi, ā, i ōrite katoa te whakautu: "Ka rawe ki ahau te whai wāhi kia whaihua ai aku mahi me te mahi tahi me ngā tāngata mahi e manaaki ana ki ahau". through on-the-job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities. We have a range of Benefits that include: Activity-Based Working (ABW) - is

Budget 2022: Changes announced for first home products

The Government has today announced changes to some of the home ownership products administered by Kāinga Ora, enabling more New Zealanders to access support to purchase their first home. the eligibility criteria include the introduction of a new income cap category for individual buyers with dependents, and adjusting the KiwiSaver contribution

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