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  • Changes made to the First Home Partner scheme

    The Government has announced changes to First Home Partner, the shared ownership scheme administered by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. Launched in October 2021, First Home Partner is part of the Government’s wider Progressive Home Ownership Fund (external link) . It enables eligible

  • SBS Bank partners with Kāinga Ora to help first home buyers

    First home buyers will have more opportunities to access the shared ownership scheme First Home Partner, following a new partnership announced today between Kāinga Ora and SBS Bank. SBS has been confirmed as the third participating lender for First Home Partner, joining founding banks Westpac and BNZ. Jason Lovell, Kāinga Ora Manager Home

  • First Home Partner

    The purpose of this page is to assist existing First Home Partner customers. This scheme is now fully subscribed. Monday, 12 January 2026. First Home Partner portal unavailable First Home Partner portal will be temporarily unavailable from 12am Monday 24 November until 11.59pm

  • Young couple helped into their forever home

    A young couple, who were living with their baby and five-year-old son in their grandparent’s sleep out, are the first people in Tairāwhiti to use Kāinga Ora’s First Home Partner scheme to get into their own first home. purchase.  They looked into what other assistance would be available and found out about the First Home Partner scheme. That's when I met them,” adds Theo

  • Changes announced for KiwiBuild programme

    Minister of Housing, Hon. Dr Megan Woods, has announced changes to the KiwiBuild programme.  of KiwiBuild homes for first home buyers. “We expect the changes could lead to more KiwiBuild partnership opportunities with developers, particularly in

  • Buyers move in to Rotorua’s first KiwiBuild homes

    Homeownership means many things. For Venkat and Sowmya, it represents security and a new future for their two-year-old daughter Venya. The family recently moved in to their new three-bedroom, two-bathroom townhouse in Rotorua – one of the first KiwiBuild homes to be built in the city. “This

  • Families move into first Wairarapa Kāinga Ora homes

    We are excited to share the completion of new homes in Masterton, marking the first deliveries in a larger pipeline aimed at addressing the urgent need for housing in the Wairarapa region. these homes, stating, "Our goal is to provide much-needed public housing to the Wairarapa, and these completed homes represent the first step in our commitment

  • 30 new homes for Wairoa in construction

    The first new state homes in Wairoa in many years are now being built. Thirty single-storey homes will be built on a two-hectare site, Tihitihi Pā. The development will see a mix of two, three, four and six-bedroom homes built. siteworks progressing well. They should be completed in the next three months. Framing for the first homes has been erected and it is full steam ahead to get

  • Responses to OIA requests

    This page provides responses to selected Official Information Act (OIA) requests. This includes OIA's on topics of public interest and/or useful research purposes. Acceleration Fund proposals [PDF, 899 KB] First Home Partner [PDF, 341 KB] Greath North Road development [PDF, 208 KB] Homes purchased by Kāinga Ora - last

  • Pushing innovation at Busby Street

    Off-site manufacturing (OSM) technologies combine in this standout pilot project in Auckland’s Blockhouse Bay. Busby Street is the first of a four-project Kāinga Ora research and development programme which combines OSM technologies to enable the delivery of homes