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Photography project at social housing complex brings neighbours together

A photography project called “Who’s Who: Knowing your Neighbour” running at a social housing complex in Auckland’s CBD, Te Mātāwai, is proving a big success with the local community. complex newly opened in August 2023, Dayne Smith, Kāinga Ora Community Development Manager, says the photography project is an initiative designed to help

Boost to housing in Wairoa

Wairoa’s housing stock is about to be transformed with earthworks on the Tihitihi Pā subdivision now underway. homes with wrap-around support. Mr Oberman also praised the Enabled team – led by Chief Executive Shelley Smith. Enabled is a local Charitable Trust with a focus on

A tiny forest starts with a mighty tōtara

Sixty tamariki from Mangere East Primary School performed a moving waiata as they welcomed a six-metre tall tōtara tree to its new home, next to their school playground. shade for tamariki as they play, for generations to come.” (L-R) James D'anvers Kāinga Ora Project Director - Mangere, Hugh Smith Kāinga Ora Senior Landscape

Molley Green Reserve: ‘a place we call home’ reopens

It’ll help enable up to 1,200 new homes in Auckland’s Roskill Development and is “hugely important” to the community that’s already here. Join Leah and Tessa for a tour of the newly-reopened Molley Green Reserve. seamlessly while minimising years’ worth of disruption to the community.” Senior Development Manager Lucy Smith, pictured at a blessing for Molley Green, says the

Supporting the Pasifika community with a new partnership initiative

Kāinga Ora, Niuvaka Trust, and the Ministry for Social Development (MSD) are supporting the Pasifika community by providing access to employment opportunities, social housing, and financial assistance. Smith, Dana Kunaiti, Waimarama Albert, Metaio Malama (Niuvaka Trust) “Niuvaka referred one of their clients to me who had been in hospital for several months after

Ripeka, 71, is a real-life fitness influencer

Whaea Ripeka doesn’t need social media to gain a following, her mana is such that young people follow her wherever she goes. . “There was a lot of planning and preparation involved, and it felt great to be part of a team giving back.” Community Development Manager Dayne Smith says Whaea

Supporting youth to earn while they learn

At Kāinga Ora we’re using the scale of construction at our Northcote Development to provide employment for young people, and it’s something we’re really proud of. Northcote, learning new skills and being mentored by experienced construction and civil works leader Jose Smith, Ama Civils Supervisor. Though this course, Jose says

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. downstream. This increased capacity has been further bolstered by three new floodwalls, and Kāinga Ora Senior Development Manager, Lucy Smith, says all the hard

First off the ground: civil construction completed in Roskill South

Across dozens of neighbourhoods set to deliver tens-of-thousands of new homes, Roskill South is the first in a Kāinga Ora large-scale project to have all its civil construction completed. South was the second to start and we’re the first to finish our civil infrastructure,” says Lucy Smith, Kāinga Ora Senior Development Manager for Roskill

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