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  • New Champion Street homes delivered in eastern Porirua

    Earlier this week marked the completion of 14 new one-bedroom homes in Champion Street, Cannons Creek, with a small official blessing attended by Ngāti Toa Rangatira kaumatua Taku Parai. and Kaumatua Taku Parai Porirua Development Project Director Will Pennington says this event was smaller than our 31 July events for the completed Castor Crescent

  • A safe haven for a Tauranga mum and daughters

    “It feels like a safe haven for us” says mum of two Chevelle, who earlier this year moved into a new Kāinga Ora home in Tauranga. light. A bright future While her daughters are at school or pre-school, Chevelle keeps herself busy, including looking after the house and dropping and collecting

  • Kāinga Ora Wellington developments take out top design awards

    Two developments delivering great outcomes for the people who live in them, have been recognised at the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Wellington Awards. The Hanson Street development in Mount Cook, by Herriot Melhuish O’Neill Architects (external link) , and the Castor Crescent development in Porirua by Tennent

  • New state homes delivered in eastern Porirua

    More housing is being delivered through the Porirua Development with the opening of the first of 53 new state homes in Cannons Creek, Porirua. Associate Minister of Housing Kris Faafoi joined Ngāti Toa Rangatira kaumatua and local officials at a blessing ceremony for 10 homes at Castor Crescent

  • Kāinga Ora to deliver homes for older Aucklanders

    Kāinga Ora will deliver 52 new homes for older Aucklanders through a collaboration with Eke Panuku and Haumaru Housing. Twelve units at 27-31 Greenslade Crescent in Northcote will be redeveloped into one-bedroom homes within a five-storey apartment building for older people

  • Proud to call Castor Crescent Home

    53 new homes have been completed on the Castor Crescent site in eastern Porirua, as part of the Kāinga Ora, Porirua Development project. When redevelopment work began on Castor Crescent, Toni never imagined that her whānau of three would be moving into a brand new home. “In July I received a

  • A bright future for award-winning apprentice Braedyn

    Growing up with the stability of a Kāinga Ora home has allowed 20-year-old Braedyn to put down roots and begin a promising career in the neighbourhood he calls home.

  • New Porirua homes for Christmas

    Porirua families will be in new homes before Christmas with the opening on 14 December of 29 new state homes at Kāinga Ora’s Castor Crescent development in Cannon’s Creek. amenities. New homes at Castor Crescent Will Pennington, Porirua Development Project Director says families will begin moving into the 29 houses soon, in time

  • Dave’s toy-making skills bring a spark of joy

    For the past two years, wooden toys carefully created in Dave’s North Canterbury home workshop have brightened up the lives of kids in need. wood and painting them in a variety of bright colours. The toys are then delivered in time for Christmas to tamariki living in Kāinga Ora homes across Canterbury

  • Building a pipeline of apprentices

    Kāinga Ora has helped more than 70 young people into an apprenticeship with the assistance of training and pastoral care providers. challenges, but he prefers to look on the bright side. “It’s given us a chance to pause and reflect on what’s really important – family, friends and finding

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