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How Innovative Urban Design is Safeguarding Water Quality at Hobsonville Point
You only need to look at Hobsonville Point from above to understand the importance of managing water on site. Hobsonville Point households using 30% less town water than the Auckland average. The stormwater that isn’t captured by the water tanks is channelled through a
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Kāinga Whenua Loans for individuals
The Kāinga Whenua Loan is an opportunity for Māori to build, purchase or relocate a house on multiply-owned Māori land. fit on the back of a truck and under powerlines); be of at least 50 square metres; if water is supplied by water tank, the size of the tank must meet local body
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Celebrating the opening of Freeland Reserve in Roskill South
On Saturday 29 October the Roskill South community joined the Kāinga Ora Roskill Development Team to celebrate the reopening of Freeland Reserve. individual detention tanks across the neighbourhood and serves as stormwater treatment for around two thirds of the Roskill South development.” Art brings the awa to
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Whānau moving from motels into Gisborne’s largest social housing development
Whānau are ready to move into Gisborne’s new 31 home, social housing development this week. For most of the new tenants, it will be the first time they have had a long-term place to live for some time. 2000L attenuation tanks have been installed on the site. These capture stormwater runoff and then slowly release it back into Gisborne’s stormwater system.” Some of the new homes in Gisborne
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Conserving water at work and at home
It’s great to enjoy the warmer weather at this time of year but it also means the demand for water rises just like the temperature does. Over summer, demand for water in Auckland rises by up to 20%. The previous record for the most amount of water used in a single day was broken three times last
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Water restrictions for all Aucklanders
Water restrictions will come into effect across Auckland from this Saturday, May 16. volume of water stored dropping below 50% for the first time in more than 25 years. Watercare, which manages Auckland’s water network, is doing everything it can to
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Young couple helped into their forever home
A young couple, who were living with their baby and five-year-old son in their grandparent’s sleep out, are the first people in Tairāwhiti to use Kāinga Ora’s First Home Partner scheme to get into their own first home. placed onto new piles, says Theo. “It had new cladding, wiring, septic tank and plumbing, a new roof, insulation and flooring. It was unlikely to need any
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Be prepared for Cyclone Fili
Cyclone Fili is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to many parts of the North Island on Tuesday and Wednesday 12 and 13 April. things you can do to prepare now: Secure trampolines and outdoor furniture Charge your phones and devices in case of a power cut Store water if you rely on a pump
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Significant funding boost announced for Auckland housing developments
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Dr Megan Woods, today announced further infrastructure funding for the five large-scale urban renewal projects Kāinga Ora has underway in Auckland. . The increased funding will enable wider community and infrastructure outcomes such as significant upgrades in wastewater, stormwater and clean water
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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. Te Ara Awataha project was awarded the Excellence in Water, Best Infrastructure Project over $5 million and Asset Management Excellence Supreme Award at the