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  • Resetting Kāinga Ora

    Kāinga Ora is resetting its focus so it can better serve tenants and communities and leave a sustainable social housing legacy for future generations. disruptive behaviour . What does the reset mean for how Kāinga Ora will work with Iwi and Roopu Māori to help improve housing outcomes for Māori? In meeting our core

  • Old flames: Kāinga Ora partnership with Fire and Emergency NZ going strong

    A house fire can be devastating and at worst, deadly. To help reduce the risk of fires in our homes, we’ve joined forces with Fire and Emergency New Zealand. , or MOU. It guides how both agencies will work closely and collaboratively on ways to keep our customers and homes safe from fire. Grant McNeil, Manager

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    Use our information sheets, explainers and other online resources to help shape your news stories. work to be done before a final decision is made to contract the building work. How many homes were going to be provided by the 212 projects you are not proceeding

  • Housing Delivery System project

    Kāinga Ora is undertaking the biggest public build programme in decades.

    Our Housing Delivery System (HDS) is what we’re calling a new way of planning and building houses to deliver much needed, quality homes for whānau faster and at a lower cost. unbelievable.  Working collaboratively in person has made a much more significant difference than I ever thought was possible.” How does the Housing

  • Holidays Act Payments

    We've been reviewing our payroll processes Kāinga Ora, along with other Government agencies and New Zealand businesses, has been working to correct issues that

  • Who we are

    Kāinga Ora provides social housing and support to individuals and families across New Zealand. importance. Watch the video (external link) or download Kāinga Ora - how to say our name [PDF, 64 KB] . Our values At Kāinga Ora, our work is guided by three core

  • Kāinga Ora tackles rent debt

    As part of its reset, Kāinga Ora is changing its approach to managing rent debt to speed up repayment and address some historic issues. Chief Executive Matt Crockett outlines the changes that are being made and the reasons for them. debt policy, we are drawing a line on how patient we can be. We don’t want to end tenancies, but we will if tenants are not meeting their obligations to reduce

  • Retirement filled with important mahi for busy Rose

    Many people think about giving back to their community, but at age 80, Rose has made it her life’s mission to help those in need. Even in retirement, Rose volunteers almost every day of the week at charities across Auckland. , Bernadette, was blown away when she discovered just how much volunteer work Rose is involved in. “I first met Rose when we had a Hui to see how she was settling

  • Tenant feedback inspires our staff

    A long-time tenant was so impressed by the efforts one of our Tenancy Managers went to recently that he just had to tell us. feedback has left Cole feeling very humbled. “It really does send home the work we do and the real impact we can have in our customers lives – even if it is just

  • Design guidelines

    The design guides help to ensure that all design and building projects meet our standards, and reflect our design principles. the recent decision to discontinue Homestar in new public housing. This change is administrative and does not change the quality or specification of the homes

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