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  • Kāinga Whenua Loans for Collectives

    Kāinga Whenua Loans are also available for Māori collectives, including land trusts. Find out what qualifies as a Māori collective and how the Loan works these groups. The Kāinga Whenua Loan Scheme is an initiative between Kāinga Ora and Kiwibank to help Māori achieve home ownership on their multiply-owned land. This can also

  • Kāinga Whenua resources

    Find out everything you need to know in the Kāinga Whenua Loan brochure and get links to other government websites that may help you through the process. ) Kiwibank Sustainable business loans (external link) (for Collectives)  Te Kooti Whenua Māori - Māori Land Court (external link) Te Puni Kōkiri - Ministry of Māori

  • Māori home ownership prioritised through Housing Foundation partnership in Mangere

    Kāinga Ora are thrilled to partner with New Zealand Housing Foundation (Housing Foundation) to deliver affordable homes for Māori whānau in Mangere West. For over twenty years, New Zealand Housing Foundation has helped hundreds of families into home ownership. housing model. They aim to ensure at least 30% of the affordable homes (a minimum 15 homes) will be sold to Māori whānau. Housing Foundation always takes a locals

  • Creating a sense of whānau for the whole neighbourhood

    Tāmaki Makaurau customer Jacqui is legendary in her West Auckland community. As well as caring for her six – soon to be seven children – she spends much of her time volunteering at the Glenavon Community Hub near her Kāinga Ora home. ; Making Ends Meet, a ‘free shop’ of donated clothing and household items; and free workshops in te reo Māori and tikanga. And Jacqui plays a key role in all of

  • Kāinga Ora Strategic Engagement

    Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities is working on some of our key strategies and would like to invite our partners and stakeholders to attend our online engagement hui and / or engage with us online. and plans to set our organisational priorities and direction. Following extensive engagement with Iwi and rōpū Māori, we have developed Te Rautaki Māori, our

  • Partnership bolsters bid for ‘critical’ iwi housing aspirations

    Hapū in Motupōhue Bluff want to provide more affordable homes for their community. A partnership with Kāinga Ora could help them reach those aspirations. slow and rent prices increase. The number of Māori who call Motupōhue home has also grown in recent years to almost half the area’s 1,800-person population

  • Kāinga Ora scoops Māori Crown Relationships Award

    Congratulations to our people who were part of the team that won the Te Hāpai Hāpori - Spirit of Service Awards 2020 Māori Crown Relationships Award. meaningfully with Māori around a united set of goals for a place and its people. “It’s fantastic to be recognised this way among all the stand-out finalists for this

  • Pasifika and Māori market pops up in Auckland

    A Kāinga Ora property on a suburban street in Avondale has been transformed into a vibrant pop up market. company TROW Group. General Manager Saia Latu says the aim is to connect, promote and celebrate Pasifika and Māori businesses while encouraging sustainability and

  • Thirty-five housing developments in last stage of infrastructure fund

    A wide range of proposals for much-needed housing developments around the country are through to the final stage of the bid for funding from the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF). third (11) of the applications going forward to the next stage are proposals that are co-led with Māori or have Māori as key partners. “The strong interest we

  • Big steps forward for father and daughter

    When Shemaiah moved into his new Kāinga Ora home with his one-year-old daughter earlier this year, it coincided with an important milestone in their lives. continuing to reconnect with his whakapapa (genealogy) and his language. He is also encouraging his daughter to learn Te Reo Māori. Tiare is enjoying attending a

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