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  • Statement from Chief Executive on proposed workforce changes

    Chief Executive Andrew McKenzie has released the following statement about proposed workforce changes at Kāinga Ora. When Kainga Ora was established in 2019, the breadth of work we were tasked to deliver expanded significantly and we had to increase our workforce. We have

  • Housing Acceleration Fund to increase supply of homes

    The Government today announced its Housing Acceleration Fund to help increase the supply of houses and improve affordability for home buyers and renters. The key components of the Housing Acceleration Fund are: an infrastructure fund (to unlock a mix of private sector led and Government led developments

  • Kāinga Ora proposing workforce changes

    As part of the reset of Kainga Ora - Homes and Communities to focus on providing and managing state owned social housing more cost effectively, consultation with staff on proposed organisational changes has begun. Matt Crockett. “That period of growth, however, was not financially sustainable. Kāinga Ora has since announced its reset and now needs to resize its workforce and

  • Government's infrastructure fund for housing accelerates

    The Government’s Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF), a contestable fund aimed at accelerating key infrastructure for housing development, has received a strong response from councils, iwi and developers throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. extension due to Covid-19 Alert Level 4 restrictions. Kāinga Ora General Manager Commercial Group, Caroline McDowall says the fund has been very popular. “We have

  • Infrastructure Acceleration Fund opening for business

    Criteria to access at least $1 billion of the $3.8 billion Housing Acceleration Fund (HAF) announced in March, is now available, and an invitation for expressions of interest will be released on 30 June by Kāinga Ora. The Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF) is a contestable fund designed to allocate funding to infrastructure projects that unlock housing development in the

  • New partnership to bolster construction industry and housing supply in Marlborough

    Picton is set to become the home of a new construction academy thanks to a partnership between Kāinga Ora and Queen Charlotte College. partnership will contribute to this by boosting the construction workforce and building resilience in the region’s trades," says Kāinga Ora Regional Director Nelson

  • New Kāinga Ora homes built by Nelson NMIT construction students completed

    Three new homes built by Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) students preparing for a career in the construction industry are ready for Kāinga Ora customers in Nelson. workforce. We pride ourselves on producing graduates who are industry-ready and this is a great example of that. It’s wonderful to be part of this initiative

  • Thirty-five housing developments in last stage of infrastructure fund

    A wide range of proposals for much-needed housing developments around the country are through to the final stage of the bid for funding from the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF). The IAF, administered by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, is a contestable fund designed to help councils fund infrastructure to enable housing development

  • Resetting Kāinga Ora

    In late 2024, Kāinga Ora began a major reset to restore financial sustainability and sharpen our focus on our core mission - providing and managing social housing. New standardised designs introduced to cut build costs and speed up delivery Improved organisational performance Workforce reshaped — FTEs reduced from 3,398

  • Invitation for IAF Expressions of Interest released

    From today, councils, iwi and developers are invited to submit expressions of interest and high-level proposals for the billion dollar Infrastructure Acceleration Fund. Kāinga Ora has today released invitations for expressions of interest (EOI) for the contestable portion of the Infrastructure Fund, announced as part of the

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