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  • A tiny forest starts with a mighty tōtara

    Sixty tamariki from Mangere East Primary School performed a moving waiata as they welcomed a six-metre tall tōtara tree to its new home, next to their school playground. The tōtara is the first to be rehomed as part of the Mangere Ngahere Project, a collaboration between Kāinga Ora, Mangere East Family Services and Uru Whakaaro

  • Thousands of new homes possible for eleven regions through infrastructure investment

    Eleven more regions throughout Aotearoa New Zealand are set to receive a share of the Government’s Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF), Housing Minister Megan Woods announced in Hamilton today. urban development at Pt Chevalier/Mt Albert, Auckland led by the three Tāmaki Makaurau Rōpū of Marutūāhu, Ngāti Whātua and Waiohua-Tāmaki. It is expected this

  • 44 new homes and a community space for Leach Street

    Today, the local community will come together in New Plymouth to mark the completion of the new one and two-bedroom homes and a community space. Individuals and smaller families will start moving in soon. the opportunity to thrive through this partnership.” Ben Noone, Head of Project Delivery at Soho Group, says Soho is very proud of the Leach Street development

  • Connections with communities

    Partnering our tenants with local services and their wider community is an important function of Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. The value of ensuring our tenants are given the tools and connections to live well in their homes is immeasurable. A great example of this in practice is the Eveleyn Couzins complex in the Christchurch suburb of Richmond,  where staff, tenants and local stakeholders

  • A home to help the healing

    After a tough year fighting cancer, Jean is overjoyed to have recently moved into a new five-bedroom home in Rotorua with her children. family, she’s well aware how lucky she is and that she wouldn’t have been able to manage the cost of a private rental. “In the past we’ve had to share bedrooms

  • Managing methamphetamine contamination in our homes

    The health and wellbeing of our customers, staff and contractors is at the heart of our approach to managing methamphetamine contamination in our homes. New regulations proposed for methamphetamine contamination in rental properties Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development is

  • Kāinga Ora implements new tools to manage disruptive behaviour

    Kāinga Ora is strengthening the way it manages disruptive behaviour in its homes, providing increased support and resources to deal with complex cases, while enabling the organisation to address cases more effectively. group is comprised of specialists from throughout Kāinga Ora, providing a different lens through which to support and advise our people when dealing with the

  • Fixing flood-damaged homes new priority

    With the floodwater receding, Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities is gearing up to repair its flood-damaged Auckland houses as quickly as possible so customers can return to their homes. affected by the floods. However, this will take some time as we work through the extent of damage to our homes and find suitable homes in the right locations for these customers,’’ Ms Butterworth says.

  • It takes a village – locals get behind community space

    What started as an empty grass area with a small, shared pātaka kai and a community bookshelf is now a vibrant communal space with its own stage and a custom-designed mural, thanks to enthusiastic Glenavon locals. project going. “Local residents have a strong sense of ownership and belonging to their community,” she says, noting originally the space featured a small

  • Kāinga Ora tackles rent debt

    As part of its reset, Kāinga Ora is changing its approach to managing rent debt to speed up repayment and address some historic issues. Chief Executive Matt Crockett outlines the changes that are being made and the reasons for them. small number of Kāinga Ora tenants – less than 3% - have accumulated more than 12 weeks’ worth of rent debt. There are a range of reasons for this, including

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