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New developments to further boost supply of housing in Dunedin

Kāinga Ora is planning to purchase 18 new homes and build up to nine more across two ideally located sites in Dunedin to bring more homes to the Otago community. Kāinga Ora has signed an agreement with a local developer to purchase 18 brand new two-bedroom homes at 27 Napier Street, Mornington once they are completed

I never thought I’d need help with housing

When a house fire left Ngarangi and her grandchildren with nothing, they found Kāinga Ora was there to help them start over. small sense of comfort knowing the house was insured. But later that night, she received the terrible news that her insurance policy had lapsed five weeks earlier

Archives and historical records

Several thousand records relating to many aspects of state housing, including those relating to houses at one time owned by the state, are held by Archives New Zealand. Kāinga Ora maintains records on New Zealand’s social housing history, including property plans, historical photos, and archived research. Whether you’re a

Public housing renovations at record levels

New Zealand’s older public homes are being renovated in record numbers as Kāinga Ora undertakes one of the biggest housing renewal programmes the country has seen. . Installed 335,998 square meters of new roofing - enough to cover the roof of Auckland’s Eden Park Stadium 21 times. Fitted over 20,000 new heat pumps and over

Home improvements for Wellington families

Kāinga Ora has invested nearly $11 million into maintaining its homes for tenants and their whānau in Wellington in the last year. spends about half a billion dollars a year on maintaining and improving its homes across New Zealand. As well as driveway safety, fencing, painting and roofing

Launch of new Ngaa Hau o Maangere Ngahere Planting Guide

A new planting guide will help contribute to increasing the environmental and cultural outcomes for Mangere and its connection to nature. Recently, Kāinga Ora was proud to help launch the new Nga Hau o Maangere Ngahere Planting Guide, a collaboration between mana whenua, Mangere East Family

Tracking our performance

Explore how we are performing across tenancy management, delivering new and improved housing, managing our homes, reducing costs and strengthening our financial sustainability. homes for New Zealanders in need at a cost that aligns closely with market prices. Pricing achieved recently indicates we are well on track to achieving

A tiny forest starts with a mighty tōtara

Sixty tamariki from Mangere East Primary School performed a moving waiata as they welcomed a six-metre tall tōtara tree to its new home, next to their school playground. , that aims to increase ngahere (forest) and canopy cover in Mangere, South Auckland. One of the project’s signature initiatives is the ‘ Tiny Forest in

National Building Consent Authority up-and-running

Kāinga Ora has established an independent Building Consent Authority (BCA) called Consentium to process most building consent applications for public housing. Consentium is New Zealand’s first accredited and registered non-Territorial Authority BCA. Consentium was accredited as a BCA in November 2020, making it one

Fire safety

A house fire can take everything from you, even your life. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen. Here’s some easy fire safety tips to keep you and your loved ones safe. safety checklists and fast fire fact videos which cover a range of different situations so you can stay fire-safe. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) (external link)

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