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  • Bari Lane Digs In

    It was a big day at Māngere's Bari Lane recently as the community was invited to join the fun of Digger Day on one of our biggest sites in that community. the buckets and spades, building sand-houses. Tamariki could also practice a bit of construction with building blocks and bouncy castles equipment while mums and

  • ‘Auntie’ Faith’s fast fingers fly through the knitting

    Every winter, kids at Motueka primary schools are toasty warm thanks to Faith’s speedy knitting skills. the hobby has played in her life.   “I learnt to knit when I was five. It was during the war and Mum and I were living with a lady while Dad was overseas

  • Kaliopasi family enjoy a new home for Christmas

    Last week nine members of the Kaliopasi family moved into a new five-bedroom home that was built by students at Unitec in Auckland under a trade academy partnership with Kāinga Ora. The 143sqm home was trucked to Gisborne earlier this year. and Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. The contributing students are enrolled in the Unitec School of Trades and Services and their construction work is

  • Family foundation remains strong in Mangere after 50 years

    When Karameri greets you at her front door, you automatically feel a part of her whānau as she welcomes you into her lounge adorned with photographs of her children and mokopuna. couple of mattresses in our lounge - mum and dad at one end of the room and the rest of us at the other end. We all slept together in one room to keep warm as we

  • Minister impressed with Nelson-Marlborough new homes

    The work being done by Kāinga Ora to build new homes in Nelson and Blenheim was seen first-hand by Associate Housing Minister Kris Faafoi recently. He saw new homes, either recently completed or under construction in the Nelson suburbs of Richmond and Stoke before visiting new homes in two different parts

  • Peggy's top tips to getting to 100

    Mt Roskill resident Peggy joined an exclusive club of Kāinga Ora residents when she celebrated turning 100 on 16 June 2023. what Mum is saying. Her lifelong wilingness to always give anything a go and keeping herself busy has contributed to her longetivity I’m sure,” Ken says.

  • Love of Sāmoan language leads to lifetime of helping

    When Tiresa was growing up, she wanted nothing more than to keep her first language, Sāmoan, alive. members of the ‘Rowley Mamas’ – a group of Mums set up to support struggling families –  and serving as a member of FAGASA Christchurch, an organisation

  • 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.

  • Now I can breathe

    That was the response of one tenant who has just moved into a newly built Kāinga Ora home in Mathews Road, Gisborne. After five moves in the last two years, Cynthia, her 82-year-old mum Terongo, and Terongo’s 10-year-old great-granddaughter Devannah-Paige finally have a home

  • 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. of excited kids, mums and dads ready for a unique photo opportunity. In the giant sandpit was the chance to hone the skills on mini diggers and get stuck in