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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. with their basic needs,’’ says Deputy Chief Executive for Auckland and Northland Caroline Butterworth. "We have been working alongside Auckland Emergency Management
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Successful Glendowie salvage day
A recent community salvage day in the east Auckland suburb of Glendowie was a huge success for everyone involved – Kāinga Ora, our deconstruction partner Green Way and the local community. 2022, we exceeded our targets with 87% of uncontaminated materials reused or recycled in Auckland and 10% of houses relocated from development areas across the
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The ‘magic’ of Mangere house relocations
Four homes vanished from Mangere overnight, reappearing the next morning as career opportunities for rangatahi. at The University of Auckland – and was on school grounds before dawn to see the home arrive. “I was so excited to see that this house was ours,” she says. “It meant we
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Significant funding boost announced for Auckland housing developments
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Dr Megan Woods, today announced further infrastructure funding for the five large-scale urban renewal projects Kāinga Ora has underway in Auckland. , says today’s announcement supports Kāinga Ora and its partners to increase the quality and scale of housing in Auckland. “Kāinga Ora, through its large-scale
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Thousands of new homes for New Zealanders
The first six months of this financial year has seen construction completed of nearly 1,500 new public homes for individuals and whānau throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. A further 3,300 more are being constructed for completion by the end of June. is houses, rather than apartments, that represent the largest number of new homes completed in the last six months. “Houses, whether stand alone or
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Sale of high-value villa to fund new and improved state homes
Kāinga Ora is selling the country’s most valuable state house, with proceeds to be reinvested into new and improved housing. onto such a valuable house in one of Auckland’s most affluent suburbs when selling it allows us to build or upgrade more state homes where they’re needed most
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Waste minimisation initiative recognised at industry awards
Kāinga Ora has received industry recognition for work related to the organisation’s waste minimisation and site clearance initiatives – including taking out the Supreme Award at the New Zealand Procurement Excellence Awards 2022. tonnes of concrete and about 655 tonnes of timber framing. Examples of how materials were repurposed included sending items to Tonga to help rebuild houses and
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Locals dig Northcote
It was a big day at Greenslade Reserve on Saturday 28 September as the community were invited to join the fun of Digger Day at Northcote. with the buckets and spades, building sand-houses. Tamariki could also practice a bit of construction with building blocks and kit-set playground equipment while
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Minimising construction waste
Kāinga Ora is committed to sustainable site clearance methods to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfill during housing development. Our waste minimisation programme prioritises house relocation and deconstruction over demolition, wherever possible. Relocation enables a whole house
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Smart public housing apartments for Auckland
A happy coincidence saw the start of Alert Level 1 coincide with the opening of modern, well-designed homes. Marama Davidson onto the site. The development replaced 34 terrace houses with 71 new warm and dry apartments. Tenants of the one-and-two-bedroom homes will