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Mosgiel neighbours two peas in a pod

Ann and Marie are such good friends they finish each other’s sentences. When you first meet Ann and Marie, it’s hard to believe the pair only met each other a few short months ago, when they moved into neighbouring Kāinga Ora homes

100,000 native plants to help grow local careers

Over the next three years the Environmental Cadetship programme will help local residents from eastern Porirua gain valuable qualifications and on-the-job training, whilst seeing more than 100,000 native plants planted through Bothamley and Cannons Creek parks. , drier homes for eastern Porirua,” says Will Pennington. “It’s about working in partnership to also help enhance things like education, job opportunities and

Housing styles

Kāinga Ora’s focus on building new homes means that we’re deploying a variety of housing styles and sizes to make best use of our land holdings, meet contemporary demographic demand and ensure those most in need are housed appropriately. four-storeys in height. Take a 3D walk-through of a terraced home (external link) . Maria Street Walk-ups Walk-up buildings are typically two or three-storeys

Kāinga Ora wins Safe 365 Supreme Award

Kāinga Ora’s Health and Safety systems and processes have been recognised with winning both the Supreme and Best Large Enterprise categories in the Safest Places to Work Awards at the 2019 SAFE365 Awards. The Safest Place to Work Awards aims to recognise New Zealand organisations which have fostered positive work culture, worker engagement and deliver all-round

Important milestone for Highbury Triangle

A whakawātea (cleansing) has recently been held in advance of civil works starting in early August. between Great North Road and Community Lane, will include 236 homes across 6 to 8 levels. As part of the whakawātea, the mauri (life force) represented by the whenua

Thousands of new homes possible for eleven regions through infrastructure investment

Eleven more regions throughout Aotearoa New Zealand are set to receive a share of the Government’s Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF), Housing Minister Megan Woods announced in Hamilton today. receive a share of $539.8 million, enabling thousands more homes to be built. Kāinga Ora GM Commercial, Caroline McDowall, says this round of IAF funding is

Hard work pays off for young family

Buying your first home is an accomplishment in itself, but it’s even more remarkable when you’re a young couple who came to New Zealand as refugees. That’s the reality for Jhaga and Khina, who recently moved out of their Kāinga Ora home after buying a home of their own – which happens to be on the very same

Government's infrastructure fund for housing accelerates

The Government’s Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF), a contestable fund aimed at accelerating key infrastructure for housing development, has received a strong response from councils, iwi and developers throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. The IAF, administered by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, closed the initial expressions of interest period on 20 August, after giving applicants a brief

Cadetship paving way for young women in construction

It’s not often you find high school students willing to give up their school holidays to do work experience, but for Sisilia, a young woman from Mangere, the decision was easy. A year 11 student at Southern Cross Campus, Sisilia aged 16, recently graduated from her second round on the Spotless Cadetship Programme. The programme, a

Kāinga Ora confirms new structure for its reset

As part of the reset and resize, Kāinga Ora has released decisions today that will enable the organisation to focus on providing and managing state owned social housing more cost effectively. structure in key areas. The agency is also entering into a second round of consultation with parts of its Finance group and a central North Island community

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