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  • The taste of sustainability

    A simple gesture from one of our build partners in Christchurch has left a positive and healthy taste in the mouths of our customers. small enough to look after. Kāinga Ora has agreed all of its new builds across the country will now meet the criteria set down by the New Zealand Green Building

  • Sixteen new homes for central Nelson

    Kāinga Ora is planning to build 16 new two-storey homes for people and whānau in need on a prominent central city site in Nelson. in October last year. The former Nelson Masonic Hall building that was on the site has been removed down to its concrete slab and foundations. As the site is

  • Kāinga Ora proposing workforce changes

    As part of the reset of Kainga Ora - Homes and Communities to focus on providing and managing state owned social housing more cost effectively, consultation with staff on proposed organisational changes has begun. these 195 are currently vacant. Frontline tenancy management roles are not directly impacted by the proposed changes. “When Kāinga Ora was established in 2019, its

  • A place to put down roots

    Just a few weeks after moving into their newly renovated home in Greymouth, Michelle and Ché have settled in so well that they’re already planning their new garden. , kawai fishing and I do trout fishing in the Grey River,” he says. Michelle says they are already counting down to Christmas with extended family in their new

  • Build partner tackles COVID-19 challenge

    Construction company Home is a leading example of how Kiwis are banding together in the fight against COVID-19. In August, when the company discovered a worker had been in close contact with a COVID-19 case, it immediately closed down one of its Auckland Kāinga Ora

  • Home

    View all 31 July 2025 Kāinga Ora reports on reset progress, releases performance scorecard A year into its reset, Kāinga Ora is performing better in all its key

  • Young family's lives changed by new home

    After only a few months in their new Kāinga Ora home, Natasha and her daughters Abi and Alex are finding their lives have changed for the better. knowing what Alex we would get and how we would manage that. But this home has meant we don’t worry about that anymore. “Its location and surroundings have really

  • Reducing waste through deconstruction

    A development in Auckland has shown how an alternate method of demolition can create more sustainable results. Kāinga Ora has completed its first public housing deconstruction project at a Mount Albert development in Auckland known as Martin Leone. The 5,537 sqm site

  • Randwick Road sparkles with community spirit and collaboration

    We all know that many hands make light work – which is exactly what happened at the Kāinga Ora complex on Randwick Road in the Hutt Valley where a brilliant demonstration of community spirit and collaboration has given the property a new lease of life. help get the property looking its best. On the big day, the sun was shining and a massive crew turned up to lend a hand. Kāinga Ora customers got stuck in, with

  • 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. Why change is needed Kāinga Ora was established in 2019 to replace Housing New Zealand as the country’s largest social housing provider. Since then, its

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