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KiwiBuild @340 Onehunga

The NZ Living @340 Onehunga residential development is nearing completion. The building will be opened with a blessing ceremony on 4 October, with the first residents moving in the week after. apartments were initially available exclusively to KiwiBuild buyers, with all except one sold to first home buyers. The @340 Onehunga homes displays NZ Living’s

Sew far sew good – Repair Café helping build community

It’s a humming hive of activity as the monthly Repair Café at Te Mātāwai opens its doors for 2025. Volunteers Sally and Gloria, who live nearby, head up the sewing table and it’s not long before queues of people are waiting patiently for them to work their magic. Doughnut Economics Advocates NZ (DEANZ) to help bring the community together. Tenants and locals bring personal items like clothing, small furniture, and

COVID-19 - contact types, help with essential costs and supporting your workers

MSD and the COVID-19 team explain more about the types of contacts, how to get help with essential costs through Work and Income, and how you can support your workers with a range of financial support that is available. Contacts may also be identified via the Bluetooth function in the NZ COVID Tracer app; they would receive an orange notification stating that they are a ‘Close

Kāinga Ora solar programme awarded for breaking new ground

The award-winning Kāinga Ora renewable energy programme is leaving a legacy for both social housing customers and New Zealand’s electricity market. Winners of Energy Project of the Year at the 2024 NZ Energy Excellence Awards, the programme is responsible for installing solar panels on hundreds of social

More affordable homes for Tāmaki

More first home buyers in Auckland are waking up in their new home. People and whānau are starting to move in to 61 KiwiBuild homes in the new Hīnaki Street development built by NZ Living, located within Point England, Auckland

New beginnings at Mahora, Hastings

We celebrated work starting on 40 new homes as the first development designed in collaboration with Hastings District Council, as part of the Hastings place-based approach. first sod” and mark the start of work “The support and feedback from Hastings District Council has enhanced the design dramatically. It is a testament to the place

Kāinga Ora scores two wins in Australasian Housing Institute Awards

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities has scooped two awards in the New Zealand section of the 2021 Australasian Housing Institute Awards (AHI). These awards were for our COVID-19 response in 2020 and for Te Mahi Ngatahi Maintenance Contract. significant and lasting difference to tenants or service users, the community, colleagues and the wider profession. NZ winners will compete with the equivalent award

Kura students help bless 10 new Gisborne homes

New Gisborne apartments resounded with the sweet voices of students from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hawaiki Hou as they assisted Kaikarakia to implant mauri (spiritual energy) into the homes. have been challenges, but I am determined to be one of the first blind Māoris to complete their doctorate in NZ. And I want to be able to show other blind people that it can be done!”

Upgrades for more homes through Retrofit Programme

The Prime Minister and Associate Housing Minister Kris Faafoi visited one of our homes being upgraded through our Retrofit Programme. this will make for our customers, along with the opportunity for contractors across the country. "We plan to retrofit over 1,500 homes in 30 towns across NZ in

A place for community connection

More than a year since it first opened its doors, a dedicated community space in Nelson is helping locals to foster connections and creating opportunities for them to support and uplift one another. initiative, is based regularly at the hub. With support from organisations, including NZ Police, Oranga Tamariki and Ministry of Social Development (MSD), the hub

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