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It takes a village – locals get behind community space

What started as an empty grass area with a small, shared pātaka kai and a community bookshelf is now a vibrant communal space with its own stage and a custom-designed mural, thanks to enthusiastic Glenavon locals. Engagement and Partnerships Auckland North and West Karen Allen explains. “The initial workshop (held before lockdown) was at the Glenavon School hall and the second

Finding efficiencies in urban development

Kāinga Ora is kicking off an initiative to drive down costs and achieve efficiencies for the delivery of urban development projects. during two solution design workshops which ran over a total of 13 days, with 60 participants from Kāinga Ora, Auckland Council, LEAD Alliance, Chorus, Vector and

Welcoming new tenants to Panama Road

Locals around Panama Road Mt Wellington have watched the completion of seven of our redevelopment projects since December last year. team from Kāinga Ora joined with Panama Road School, Good Seed Trust, Auckland Council and Riverside/Taha Awa Community Centre to welcome new tenants to the area

Etu Rakau: creating a circular economy by connecting community

Rata Taiwhanga is determined to cultivate connection – to build the type of community he wished for while growing up in a Kāinga Ora home. At one of our properties in Mangere, he’s secured nearly $80,000 to do just that. Māngere College in August soon became testimony for securing nearly $80,000 in climate and waste-minimisation grants from Auckland Council. And with that funding

Kāinga Ora and Callaghan Innovation partner to transform construction through innovation

Combining expertise and resources, Kāinga Ora and Callaghan Innovation aim to support commercial success stories for some of the country’s most enterprising construction businesses. opportunity to collaborate with industry players at the Auckland workshop. "It was refreshing to hear the desire from Kāinga Ora to connect with the industry

Future Squad: Building tomorrow’s tradespeople

Rangatahi from Te Kauwhata College are getting a head start on careers in construction through Future Squad, part of the Construction Plus programme at Kāinga Ora. , aged 16-18, have just completed the first part of Future Squad – a three-day workshop with career panels, site visits, projects and expert guidance from

Te Ara Awataha wins big at prestigious engineering awards

The work to rejuvenate a greenway in Northcote, Auckland, has been recognised at this year’s Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) NZ 2023 Asset Management Excellence Awards, with the project team taking home three awards. Kāinga Ora Northcote Large-Scale Project, embodies the spirit of collaboration with input from mana whenua, Auckland Council Healthy Waters, Eke Panuku

Why Carron’s our favourite neighbour

Meet Carron. She’s world-famous at a Kāinga Ora apartment complex in Auckland and extremely popular with the children who live there. who waves and says hello.” “Carron is a very special lady,” says Siu, whose children are eager participants in the workshops. “In a world where most people value

Carpentry skills to help grow community kai

Planter boxes built by local high school students will give some of our customers in Taranaki a chance to grow vegetables at home. in the carpentry workshop on campus.     The planter box initiative grew out of the need to increase food resiliency in the community, says Mieke

Waikato Wellbeing Summit

Our staff are making an impact on a regional project in Waikato aimed at improving the wellbeing of all of the region by 2030. are living in sufficient housing” – we obviously have a big role to play in that” says Gemma Brooks. “We were part of a workshop that looked at what the barriers

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