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Skilled up – Kāinga Ora customers go digital

Classes helping Kāinga Ora customers navigate the digital world have been a huge hit with their first attendees. idea sprang from COVID-19 lockdowns, which highlighted how important a connection with the online world is for wellbeing. Designed by education professionals

YouTube, emojis and surfing the web – Neta is queen of them all

Senior customer Neta has become a confident queen of emojis since taking part in a digital literacy course at her Kāinga Ora complex in South Auckland. browse websites, take and store photographs, and use apps - particularly banking apps, MyKaingaOra and MyMSD. “The programmes are specifically designed to suit

Debbie takes community mindedness to the next level

As soon as you meet Debbie, her passion for helping others is clear. Over the years, Debbie has volunteered her time and skills to help others in her community – something she has always been inspired to do. do that,” says Debbie. One of the ways Debbie gives back is by running a food bank, C3 Cares, through her church. In fact, if you visit Debbie on a weekday

Kāinga Whenua Loans for individuals

The Kāinga Whenua Loan is an opportunity for Māori to build, purchase or relocate a house on multiply-owned Māori land. of ownership in the land is determined by their individual shares recorded by the Māori Land Court. How does the Loan work? For regular home loans, banks take

Coming home to Kerikeri

For Rewa, the move to a newly built Kāinga Ora home in Kerikeri was more than just somewhere safe and dry to live following the devastating impacts of cyclone Gabrielle. It was coming home. childhood and whanau have come flooding back. It means the world to me to settle here and make new memories with my moko, who know exactly where to find nan if they ever need me.”

A safe haven for a Tauranga mum and daughters

“It feels like a safe haven for us” says mum of two Chevelle, who earlier this year moved into a new Kāinga Ora home in Tauranga. decided to enter the world very quickly and was born in one of them. “She just popped out” says Chevelle, who named her youngest after the Greek goddess of

‘My life changed’: Kāinga Ora delivers five homes a week in Canterbury during 2020

Jimaima was in tears when she got her new home. After years of struggles and living with the effects of a stroke, she now has a safe place to call her own. Hers is just one of 260 new homes provided for people in need in Canterbury in 2020. When Jimaima had a stroke, her world was turned upside down. Her children supported her, but she was faced with the reality that things were going to be

2020 Kāinga Ora Board appointments

A new Board has been finalised to guide Kāinga Ora over the next three years. Communities, provides whānau with world-class public housing and facilitates large-scale urban development that transforms communities.  Profiles of Kāinga Ora Board

Crafty savings tips mixed in with craft-making

When Palema and other members of Mo’ui Feinga Kihe Lelei get together for an evening of weaving and craftmaking, they’re also crafting a better future for themselves. family decides how much they are going to contribute. The money goes into the bank and whatever you put in, you get out in December. Some of the members were

Density and amenity go hand in hand

Sue Evans, urban designer for our flagship Community Lane development in Avondale, talks about the design elements that are helping turn the medium-density development into a community.

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