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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Building Momentum – Public housing construction advancing at pace

    Kāinga Ora is the country’s largest public housing landlord, with almost 200,000 customers and whānau living in over 70,000 of our homes. , Blenheim, Nelson, Upper Hutt, Porirua, Kāpiti, Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Tauranga, Hamilton, Auckland, and Whangārei. In April this year, our

  • Downsizing the Kiwi Dream: How good design compensates for less space

    In 2014, HLC ran an experiment. We wanted to see if there was a market for smaller homes. Not just slightly smaller homes, but much smaller. architect-designed small houses at Hobsonville Point in Auckland - a 40m2 one-bedroom, 87m2 two-bedroom, and 89m2 three-bedroom home. The sections ranged

  • 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

  • Atkinson Ave delivers 83 more transitional homes for Ōtahuhu

    We were pleased to have Housing Minister Megan Woods officially open our newest delivery of 83 transitional homes in Ōtahuhu on Friday 23 April. in the supply of housing to the area. This marks the fourth transitional housing development delivered by Kāinga Ora in Auckland over the past two months – bringing

  • Is Auckland’s best model for growth right in front of our eyes?

    Over the next two decades Auckland is going to become markedly more dense. A lot of that increased density will arrive in the form of suburban apartments. replacement of its aging state houses. The urban development team at Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities is removing old state houses across Auckland and delivering new

  • History of State Housing

    New Zealand has played a significant role in public housing since 1894, with government-led initiatives shaping communities and improving living conditions. rental houses for inner-city workers. His goal was to counter exploitative landlords and improve living standards. However, high rents meant few workers could