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Refreshed and ready for 2023

Carol and Marilyn are ending the year on a high note after returning to their newly refurbished Kāinga Ora homes in Nelson. her home, and to get stuck into some baking in her new kitchen. “I’m looking forward, when I’ve got a bit of time, to using my new oven. I’ll make some afghan

Budgeting tips

Find tips and tools to help with budgeting, saving and preparing for unexpected costs. we’re in, following a budget means we can keep track of all our bills and expenses, and save for a rainy day or the holiday season. With these tools, tips and

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

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. understanding of processes, pain points and goals for each of the agencies and organisations involved in the urban development process. We identified exactly what

Kāinga Ora urban development keeps on delivering

New roads, pipes and streetlights have paved the way for thousands of new homes in neighbourhoods across Auckland and in eastern Porirua, as large-scale urban developments led by Kāinga Ora hit new milestones. what is needed for future growth more efficiently, while keeping disruption to a minimum. “Of course, infrastructure delivery is not just about the essential

Housing Delivery System project

Kāinga Ora is undertaking the biggest public build programme in decades.

Our Housing Delivery System (HDS) is what we’re calling a new way of planning and building houses to deliver much needed, quality homes for whānau faster and at a lower cost. demand for public housing. By reducing design, planning, and construction timeframes in a considered way, we can build more homes for whānau every year and provide

Introducing the new Housing Delivery Group

social housing for New Zealanders in need. While we won’t be growing the size of our housing portfolio at the same pace and scale we have in recent years, we’ll

Density and amenity go hand in hand

Sue Evans, urban designer for our flagship Community Lane development in Avondale, talks about the design elements that are helping turn the medium-density development into a community. communal gardens, local lane, and for some, the Waitākere Ranges and ocean, helping to enhance feelings of being connected to nature, as well as increasing the sense

Wastewater upgrade prevents sewage flowing into harbour

to enable more homes to be built here in the future. We are confident this important mahi will make a positive difference for both current and future residents

Rangatahi renovations build connection and career pathways

Four homes arrived on trucks, but that’s just where the journey began for 75 teenage tradies in training. Rangatahi tell us why they wanted to restore a relocated Kāinga Ora home. opportunities for social and economic uplift, we may not see the outcome today but it could be an outcome that we may see in two years, five years or 20 years’ time,” he

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