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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. with them 24 tamariki who will now have a warm, dry, secure place to call home. This is a significant milestone for Gisborne, and for whānau and their tamariki

  • Working with building developers boosts public housing in Gisborne

    Agreements between Kāinga Ora and building developers will lift the number of social houses available in one of the eight areas of severe housing deprivation identified in the public housing plan. complete. This is what is happening with the development in Childers Road, Gisborne.” RND Projects is building 11 two-bedroom homes. Once complete, Kāinga Ora will

  • New homes for Te Hapara consented

    New homes for 21 whānau will be built on adjoining sections on Gladstone Road and Mill Road in Te Hapara Gisborne. Kāinga Ora homes and communities have been granted resource consent to build one and two storey homes, and a 3 storey building on Gladstone Road. together than what we are used to in Gisborne, this is a model that has worked well around the world to build supportive communities." Vicky is a Gizzy gal born

  • Land blessed before building of 14 new Elgin homes starts

    Vacant land in Manuka Street, Elgin was blessed this week (Tuesday 10 May) by Minister Zhane Whelan before contractors started work building fourteen new, warm homes for whānau in need. The blessing was attended by iwi representatives, building contractors, local residents, police, corrections and Maanaki Tairāwhiti. Gisborne Mayor Rehette

  • 12 new public homes for Gisborne whānau

    Twelve new public homes were blessed by Tairāwhiti kaikarakia Morehu Pewhairangi recently before whānau move in. The homes Gisborne include five homes that have been built by trade academies and seven more homes for Manuka Street, Elgin. Homes in Konini Street, Grafton

  • A stable home helps Thomas focus on healing

    When you are living with kidney failure, a warm, stable home is more than just a roof over your head – it’s a critical part of your recovery. For Gisborne man Thomas who spends 18 hours a week on a dialysis machine, managing his health is a matter of life and death. Until now, doing that without a

  • Good progress delivering new public homes in Tairāwhiti

    Civil defence assessments indicate that very few of Kāinga Ora’s 1,320 state homes in Tairāwhiti have been affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. Kiwa (TROTAK). They are contracted to provide more in-depth wrap around support to whānau as an alternative to Kāinga Ora.” Last year Gisborne got $4.2 million

  • Kāinga Ora enables a men's respite house in Gisborne

    A respite house for men has recently opened in Gisborne, thanks to the support of Kāinga Ora’s Community Group Housing. providing a house adapted to meet the service provider’s needs. Gisborne’s Tauawhi Men’s Centre and Tairāwhiti Men Against Violence have long had a vision of opening of

  • First 3-storey walkup apartments for Gisborne

    We have purchased ten homes near the central city in Gisborne to be used for public housing. ). “So it is good to see the completion of these ten warm, dry, high quality public homes in such a central location. The development includes Gisborne’s first

  • The impact of blessing new homes for Tairāwhiti whānau

    Morehu has blessed many of the 90 new Gisborne homes Kāinga Ora has built in the last 2 years. As a kaikarakia based in Tairāwhiti, he knows that a blessing is a very important part of providing homes for whānau who haven’t had anywhere suitable to live. . “Having our nannies and papas along helps us to make sure we are doing the right thing and keep us safe.” One of the people moving into the new Gisborne homes