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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

New homes change lives of two large Hastings families

Tears are very close to the surface this Christmas for mum of six Paula. Her eyes glaze over when she thinks about the phone call she received from Kāinga Ora saying they had a 4 bedroom home in Hastings she could move into. Tears also appear when she talks about finally putting a picture on the wall or what she is planning to put in her vegetable garden. Paula and her children

Skilled up – Kāinga Ora customers go digital

Classes helping Kāinga Ora customers navigate the digital world have been a huge hit with their first attendees. Kāinga Ora has partnered with Te Wānanga ō Aotearoa to deliver the free digital skills programme Kanorau Digital, trialling classes in Aranui and Hoon Hay in

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Navigate the process of buying your first home, learn about different offers and sales methods and work towards making your first offer. -home withdrawal, this can’t be used for your deposit when buying at an auction. Your KiwiSaver contribution will instead be paid towards the purchase on

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. the hub. At the same time, 200 more were cooked at Te Pane o Mataoho, in Aotearoa’s first bookable hāngī pit (external link) , thanks to support from the Tūpuna

Family foundation remains strong in Mangere after 50 years

When Karameri greets you at her front door, you automatically feel a part of her whānau as she welcomes you into her lounge adorned with photographs of her children and mokopuna. children moved to Auckland from one of the most remote islands of the Cook Islands, Pukapuka, in 1970. One of the first Cook Island families to immigrate to New

Tinna’s whimsical garden filling hearts – and tummies

Everyone needs a sanctuary – a place to retreat to when life gets tough. For Christchurch mum Tinna, her sanctuary is the garden she has lovingly created at her Kāinga Ora home, Bush Cottage. creative twist of them before putting them to good use in either her garden or her home. Step inside Tinna’s home and you are greeted by a patchwork of colour – it

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. job, where you look at a problem and work out how to fix it. You have to use your brain and also use physical labour.” “I told him whatever he does, do a trade

Our recruitment process

At Kāinga Ora we want our recruitment process to be an opportunity for us to get to know more about you and your skill set, and for you to get to know more about us and what we do. Task ; Describe what Action you took and why, Explain what the Result or outcome was. This can include what you learned, and anything you would do differently

Upgraded home a life-changer for Allison

I am happy now, and my anxiety is gone. That’s how much a newly renovated home has changed the life of Mahora resident Allison. used to be sick and at the doctors all the time. I kept getting the flu, I had asthma and bad anxiety. Now I am healthy and happy. If you had asked to take my

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