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Close to Home tenant newsletter

Close to Home is a tenant newsletter supported by Kāinga Ora. Read about local communities, recipes, tips, advice and staying safe around the home. English [PDF, 5.2 MB] Download and colour in a kakapo [PDF, 190 KB] Download a summary to Close to Home in: Te reo Māori [PDF, 494 KB] Chinese [PDF, 725 KB

Waste not want not approach at heart of Neil’s good deeds

When Neil was growing up on a farm in Golden Bay, his parents instilled in him a core value: re-use anything you can and try not to let anything go to waste. Wellbeing Support. When he agrees to pick up items, Neil does so free of charge, and connects them with people and organisations that need them. Sometimes, he’ll

Māngere Community Enviro Hub: ‘From picking up rubbish, to planting out trees, to feeding the people’

Mangere community groups have taken a site provided by Kāinga Ora and grown it into a space to connect and protect their environment. Placemaking (right) chats with the team from I Am Māngere Hangi and hauora  As well as the planting and clean-up, students learned how to pick fresh vegetables

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. would sit on the floor on the newspaper and have our dinner. It wasn’t until later on that we were able to pick up some furniture. Although we didn’t have much

Statement of Intent

The Statement of Intent (SOI) sets out our strategic direction for the next three years. It explains how our activities will contribute to achieving our objectives, and how we will measure our progress. 2025/26 - 2028/29 Statement of Intent [PDF, 2.2 MB] 2022 - 2026 Statement of Intent English [PDF, 1.7 MB] and Te Reo [PDF, 2.2 MB] 2019-2023 Statement of

Connections with communities

Partnering our tenants with local services and their wider community is an important function of Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. The value of ensuring our tenants are given the tools and connections to live well in their homes is immeasurable. support, community meals a dna café, club days for older people, English language classes and an international playgroup. Area Manager Fraser Benson summed up the

A new family home for Christmas

Families in need will be spending this Christmas in a new warm, dry home, thanks to 12 new Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities state homes at Strathmore, Wellington. opportunity. We will treat this home like it’s our own. We’re always telling the kids to pick things up!” Alice, Wellington Area Manager, Kāinga Ora is so

Leo dons Santa’s hat this Christmas

Leo marked the first Christmas in his new home by taking on a very important role – none other than Santa Claus himself! neighbour recently planted kumara and potatoes, which they water daily. The harvest will be ready to pick early next year. Previously Leo was living in a private

Why Carron’s our favourite neighbour

Meet Carron. She’s world-famous at a Kāinga Ora apartment complex in Auckland and extremely popular with the children who live there. . “And I have made lots of new friends in the neighbourhood. I walk through the complex on my way to pick up a coffee each morning and there is always someone

We’re the first in our aiga to buy a home

Buying your first home is a huge deal even when you’ve grown up in New Zealand. For Suamasi and Semala, who arrived here as penniless newlyweds, it is literally the dream that’s come true. The couple are the first in their aiga (family) to buy property. They grew up in Sāmoa with little access to education or income and moved to Auckland to make

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