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Porirua neighbourhood comes together for clean-up event

Good things happen when people work together – which is exactly what happened when communities in Eastern Porirua gathered for a neighbourhood clean-up event in September. bins to help with their efforts. As well as the clean-up itself, the event also provided the opportunity for people to bring items they no longer needed, but

Proud to call Castor Crescent Home

53 new homes have been completed on the Castor Crescent site in eastern Porirua, as part of the Kāinga Ora, Porirua Development project. bin as well as a moving truck were provided. Everything was really easy with their help.” For families like Toni’s, these new homes are making a huge difference

Our role as a landlord

We care about both the quality of our homes and the wellbeing of the 190,000 people living within them – of which around 40% are children and young people.  payment, we will get in touch quickly to understand why they have fallen behind, and help, get them back on track with their rent payments. Any missed rent must

Our approach to rent debt

We expect our tenants to pay their rent on time and in full. debt, regularly skipping rent payments and refusing to work with us. We will do this more quickly than we have in the past to help ensure tenants do not

Valuable insights from Oranga holiday programme

Holiday programmes are always heaps of fun and a recent Oranga - Auckland programme was no exception. development project will replace 400 old state houses with 500 new state homes. Around 600 affordable and market homes will also be built over the next eight years

From growing plants to growing communities

Kāinga Ora has collaborated with St Brigid's School in Johnsonville to help bring a community garden to life. they sell at the school’s market. As a way of helping residents minimise their green waste output and replenish the garden, the students built compost bins in

Kāinga Ora tackles rent debt

As part of its reset, Kāinga Ora is changing its approach to managing rent debt to speed up repayment and address some historic issues. Chief Executive Matt Crockett outlines the changes that are being made and the reasons for them. their rent debt, are skipping rent payments or refusing to work with us. We're also taking action to prevent large debts in future. Our new approach seeks to

Special community award for tenant Malcom Rundle

Members of the Mount Roskill community and Kāinga Ora Community Team nominated Malcolm Rundle for a ‘Puketāpapa Community Volunteer Award’ for all his mahi in the community over a number of years. is always willing to help with anything and everything. “Without question Malcolm is always there when you need him, no questions asked”.  The Puketāpapa Local

Sew far sew good – Repair Café helping build community

It’s a humming hive of activity as the monthly Repair Café at Te Mātāwai opens its doors for 2025. Volunteers Sally and Gloria, who live nearby, head up the sewing table and it’s not long before queues of people are waiting patiently for them to work their magic. with a tight family budget,’’ she says. “As a retired Home Science teacher, it is a joy to be helpful, keep these skills alive and meet and use my sewing skills

New home just the cat’s whiskers

Peter and Tasha the cat are purrfectly happy living in their Blenheim home. …everything is close by. I have arthritis which slows me down – and this home helps with the arthritis.” Peter says Tasha the cat has also adjusted to her new

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