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• Students lay the foundation for a career in trades

  The Kāinga Ora Downer cadetship programme is winding up another successful year teaming school students up with maintenance contractors to learn the skills of a trade. gives students a chance to gain autonomy, capability and capacity to then head into employment.” This year, the New Zealand Building and Construction Industry

• New Nelson homes almost ready for whānau

  A significant new social housing development in Nelson will provide 26 homes for tenants and families. in after settlement is finalised. The new homes in Stoke, Nelson Students from Broadgreen Intermediate and Nayland College were among the guests who attended the

• Construction Plus – students swap school bags for hard hats

  While their peers relaxed during the recent school holidays, nine students from across Auckland donned hard hats and spent the fortnight learning about civil construction. -old Edward Vitale from Aorere College, two weeks at a Mangere West development site reinforced his plans to pursue a career in construction. “It is better than

• 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. to come together and collaborate,” she says. “Because this is what collaboration looks like.” Mangere College students, alongside dozens of volunteers, assembled a CarbonCycle Company composting station in a matter of minutes.

• 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. College student Megan takes on a similar project to George. Megan The two teens are the same age but have never met. What they share is a connection through their

• 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. with students. And, like any new job, it all starts with an interview. From there, students will spend one day on site each week, for up to six weeks. “We’re

• New partnership to bolster construction industry and housing supply in Marlborough

  Picton is set to become the home of a new construction academy thanks to a partnership between Kāinga Ora and Queen Charlotte College. students to gain new skills and kick start careers in the construction industry. The new construction academy is scheduled to be up and running in 2023. Queen

• Māngere Community Enviro Hub: ‘From picking up rubbish, to planting out trees, to feeding the people’

  Mangere community groups have taken a site provided by Kāinga Ora and grown it into a space to connect and protect their environment. At 14 years old, Devontae has already become something of a waste warrior in his neighbourhood. “I’ve noticed that our environment is getting pretty messy … as

• Kāinga Ora Construction Plus students relish on-site work experience

  Cejaye Ikuia has known she wanted to work in the construction industry since she learned wood technology back at Intermediate School. , by connecting people with training, employment and industry opportunities across Auckland and New Zealand.  The scheme is also designed to educate

• The ‘magic’ of Mangere house relocations

  Four homes vanished from Mangere overnight, reappearing the next morning as career opportunities for rangatahi. infrastructure, through Mangere Development (external link) – our large-scale project that aims to enable up to 10,000 new homes for the community. But instead of