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  • Making cooking a breeze – Whanganui community gets inspired to eat well on a budget

    From busy lives to raising a family, many people struggle to find the time or inspiration to cook healthy, nutritious meals within a budget for themselves and their whānau. It was this that led Kāinga Ora and UCOL | Te Pūkenga to join forces and organise a free cooking class for the Whanganui community, including Kāinga Ora

  • Infrastructure funding paves the way for new communities

    A further $192 million from the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF) has been committed to infrastructure projects around the country – enabling new communities to be built, Housing Minister Megan Woods announced today. The funding will be shared between infrastructure projects in Lower Hutt, Nelson, Rangiora, Ngāruawāhia, Hastings, Motueka, Whanganui and Lake Hāwea. Combined

  • WelTec students building skills, homes and futures

    Four Whanganui families will soon get the keys to new homes in Harper Street and Puriri Street that were built for them by Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) students preparing for jobs in the construction industry. trusses and installing the insulation and plasterboard linings.     The light timber-frame homes were then transported to Whanganui where they are now

  • Local students brighten holidays with handmade Christmas cards for the community

    The festive season started with a special surprise for over 250 customers and their neighbours, hand-delivered by Kāinga Ora staff early December. We teamed up with over a dozen schools in the Taranaki, Whanganui and Manawatū region to engage students in creating Christmas cards for their local community

  • 50 more homes to meet the urgent need for housing in Palmerston North

    Kāinga Ora is pleased to confirm that we have an agreement with Soho Group confirming our intention to purchase 50 homes in North Street. , Regional Director - Taranaki, Whanganui, and Manawatū. Brad Davis, General Counsel, Soho Group says: “Soho is excited to partner with Kāinga Ora to bring medium

  • First public housing delivered in New Plymouth in two years

    Kāinga Ora has completed the first 5 of 20 homes on Wrantage and Holford Street in New Plymouth. These new warm, dry homes are a significant milestone as they are the first public housing delivered in New Plymouth in two years. double glazing. Graeme Broderick, Regional Director - Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu says “We are so pleased to have completed these 5 new homes and to make a start

  • New Plymouth residents get inspired to eat well on a budget

    Free cooking classes are helping to give members of the Marfell community in New Plymouth confidence in the kitchen. communities,’’ says Lauren Darrah Stakeholder Relationship Manager for Kāinga Ora in Taranaki, Whanganui and Manawatu. “It was great to see the participants

  • Have a look through an accessible Kāinga Ora home in Palmerston North

    Customers have started moving into 12 newly built two-bedroom homes in Palmerston North. These homes were built for Kāinga Ora by developer Gemscott. Graeme Broderick, Regional Director Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū says three of the homes are wheelchair accessible, which means they have additional

  • New partnership aims to deliver much needed homes for Ohakune

    To help meet the urgent need for more homes for families in Ohakune, Kāinga Ora has partnered with Ruapehu District Council and Ngāti Rangi to enable the development of residentially zoned vacant land at Teitei Drive in Ohakune. Taranaki, Whanganui and Manawatu says the partnership is a big step forward towards addressing the housing need in the region. “The need for housing has increased

  • Palmerston North welcomes 50 new homes and a community space

    Today, the local community came together to mark the completion of 50 new two-, three- and four-bedroom homes and a community space at North Street in Palmerston North. , Whanganui and Manawatū. “Having a stable home is important to all aspects of a person’s life – from education and employment to physical and mental health. Just one