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• ‘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. different for her from then on. “My life changed, everything changed when I had my stroke. I was a working woman, I never stayed home … now I still can’t do some

• A stable home for Jamie after 60 years

  Jamie from Palmerston North knows better than anyone what a difference a stable home can make. period, where he started to tackle some of the issues he was dealing with. “Because I wasn’t working, I felt it was the right time for me to prioritise my life

• Aaliyah’s stars are aligning for success

  Young mother Aaliyah works extremely hard to give her children a good life. And now that they have a bigger home, there is enough room for family life as well as study. brother, she is working full-time and studying full-time! “It’s pretty intense, but I want to be a good role model for my children, to show them that they can do

• Kura students help bless 10 new Gisborne homes

  New Gisborne apartments resounded with the sweet voices of students from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hawaiki Hou as they assisted Kaikarakia to implant mauri (spiritual energy) into the homes. housing for the last two years. “The complex I was staying in had lots of corridors to navigate to the communal kitchen and bathroom facilities. Because of my

• Kāinga Ora home a place to make new memories

  Blenheim mum Maria and her whānau gather around the dining table in the kitchen of their Kāinga Ora home every day, connecting with each other over kai. memories with her 14-year-old son and 13-year-daughter has played a big part in her healing process. “I don’t have my parents around, so it was very important

• 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. “My previous home was in a remote part of Northland,” Rewa said. “It was a special place with a close community, but there weren’t the comforts you get living

• New home a game-changer for wheelchair sports enthusiast

  Wheelchair sports enthusiast and Dunedin local Dillon says his wellbeing has improved tenfold since he moved into his fully accessible Kāinga Ora home. experience, but as my condition progressed, being independent became more difficult and I knew I needed to be closer to my family,” says Dillon. After almost a

• New home just the cat’s whiskers

  Peter and Tasha the cat are purrfectly happy living in their Blenheim home. redeveloped. “I didn’t want to leave my old home at first because I do a paper delivery in the area. But my old house was going, and this house came up,” Peter says

• 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. really busy.  Over the years, I’ve traced my   family tree and all the information I found from my research is filed in the folders on the shelf behind me

• Art passion helps overcome challenges

  Faced with challenges throughout his life, Stuart turned to his passion for airbrushed art to help get him through. Now with a Kāinga Ora home as a stable base and his cat Little One by his side, he’s been able to hone his skills to produce some incredible artwork. , Stuart found himself in hospital needing heart surgery. “Post-surgery I was no longer able to cover my rent and needed somewhere else to live. That’s when I was