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  • Applications are open for our 2023 Graduate Programme

    Kāinga Ora is looking for recent construction, property, build science, architecture and engineering graduates who are passionate about creating homes and communities that allow New Zealanders to thrive. Tracey, Advisor Graduate Programme, says “We’re looking for candidates who are motivated to kick-start their career, and have the drive to keep growing and

  • Careers

    Our workforce of dedicated professionals is made up of a diverse group of people who come from all walks of life and have a wide range of skills and experience.

  • Strengthening careers and building quality homes

    In the Auckland suburb of Mount Roskill, eight families are living in new homes where two old state houses once stood. it is the education opportunities that the Kāinga Ora teams involved are particularly proud of. “It’s not easy to decide on a career path when you’re still in

  • Sights set on plumbing apprenticeship for students

    Two Year 12 students from Auckland Seventh Day Adventist School, Maio and Jojo, have spent the school holidays on the road with Ubend Plumbing as cadets, taking part in the Kāinga Ora Spotless cadetship programme. about plumbing as a career option before coming on the programme, I have learnt a lot from my mentor," he says. Jojo, Maio and Ubend plumber Chris After getting a

  • 'Don’t get in your own way’: Partnership provides post-Covid career opportunity

    From graphic design to a carpentry apprenticeship, the impact of Covid-19 in 2020 led to a new career path for one Christchurch woman. look elsewhere, make a career change and try carpentry.” When she began her apprenticeship with Home Construction, Tendy became one of 144 cadets and apprentices

  • Future Squad: Building tomorrow’s tradespeople

    Rangatahi from Te Kauwhata College are getting a head start on careers in construction through Future Squad, part of the Construction Plus programme at Kāinga Ora. Te Kauwhata College students are placing the building blocks for their futures as they explore how a construction career could work for them. Eleven rangatahi

  • Students lay the foundation for a career in trades

    The Kāinga Ora Downer cadetship programme is winding up another successful year teaming school students up with maintenance contractors to learn the skills of a trade. skills, giving them invaluable experience of the real working world and the chance to see for themselves the opportunities that lay ahead if they choose a career

  • Kāinga Ora and Spotless celebrate biggest ever cohort of young Māngere cadets

    Seventeen-year-old sisters Tarial, Salote and Aliitasi Seuteni were busier than usual during the term one school holidays; they spent them getting up early and learning how to wire in lights and install ovens. to give Māngere youth exposure to different vocations and career advice, encourage employment and build confidence, as well as provide a proactive

  • 100,000 native plants to help grow local careers

    Over the next three years the Environmental Cadetship programme will help local residents from eastern Porirua gain valuable qualifications and on-the-job training, whilst seeing more than 100,000 native plants planted through Bothamley and Cannons Creek parks. Rangatira) along with local jobs and skills providers Le Fale, Mahi Toa and Rāranga Building Careers. “Te Rā Nui has always been so much more than building warmer

  • A great place to work

    We asked some of our people what makes Kāinga Ora different to other workplaces, and the answer was unanimous: "I love getting the chance to make a difference and work with a team of people that care about me". collaboration in the office. We want to ensure you are healthy, have a work-life balance, and also want to support and grow your personal and career development

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