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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. “It’s our house and we feel so good living here. I have always wanted a home where we can feel safe and secure,” says Chevelle, who last lived in a stable home

Future looks bright again thanks to new home

For Amye, her new Kāinga Ora home in Dunedin means she can live her life how she wants and get back to what she loves doing – working. much of her twenties working in Australia, but her life took an unexpected turn when she moved to Mosgiel to support her sister and niece through some personal

Kāinga Ora and Spotless celebrate biggest ever cohort of young Māngere cadets

Seventeen-year-old sisters Tarial, Salote and Aliitasi Seuteni were busier than usual during the term one school holidays; they spent them getting up early and learning how to wire in lights and install ovens. Cadetship Programme. Under the programme, Year 12 and 13 students from Māngere College, De La Salle, Southern Cross and, Auckland Seventh-day

Bari Lane Digs In

It was a big day at Māngere's Bari Lane recently as the community was invited to join the fun of Digger Day on one of our biggest sites in that community. that offered the community a chance to jump on a digger to the backdrop of 12 townhouses on the Robertson Road site.   Excavators, rollers and other big

Peggy's top tips to getting to 100

Mt Roskill resident Peggy joined an exclusive club of Kāinga Ora residents when she celebrated turning 100 on 16 June 2023. Senior Housing Support Manager Natalie who manages Peggy’s tenancy visited recently to congratulate her. “To get to 100 is absolutely awesome and I just

Kaliopasi family enjoy a new home for Christmas

Last week nine members of the Kaliopasi family moved into a new five-bedroom home that was built by students at Unitec in Auckland under a trade academy partnership with Kāinga Ora. The 143sqm home was trucked to Gisborne earlier this year. On Friday (9 December 2022) Wesley Methodist Church Pastor Sione Kaliopasi gathered his wider family around and along with local kaumatua Tei Nohotima blessed

Love of Sāmoan language leads to lifetime of helping

When Tiresa was growing up, she wanted nothing more than to keep her first language, Sāmoan, alive. The Kāinga Ora customer arrived in Christchurch from Sāmoa with her family when she was three months old and spent her childhood wanting to speak the language

Family foundation remains strong in Mangere after 50 years

When Karameri greets you at her front door, you automatically feel a part of her whānau as she welcomes you into her lounge adorned with photographs of her children and mokopuna. For the last 50 years, she has raised her whānau of five generations in her Kāinga Ora home in Mangere.  Karameri with her husband Wilitangi and seven

‘Auntie’ Faith’s fast fingers fly through the knitting

Every winter, kids at Motueka primary schools are toasty warm thanks to Faith’s speedy knitting skills. The Kāinga Ora tenant, better known as ‘Auntie Faith’ to the children she knits for, has been donating beautifully knitted slippers and mittens to Motueka

Locals dig Northcote

It was a big day at Greenslade Reserve on Saturday 28 September as the community were invited to join the fun of Digger Day at Northcote. With all the housing development in the area, especially around the triangle formed by the cleared sites on Fraser Avenue, Tonar Street and Lake Road where the

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