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  • Life’s challenges no match for an independent spirit

    Life has thrown Lydia its fair share of challenges, but that hasn’t stopped her living it the way she wants to. . Lydia travelled to Christchurch for surgery to remove the tumour, but unfortunately during the operation she suffered a life-changing stroke. “All of a sudden, I

  • New homes partnership a win for all involved

    New homes are being built as part of an ongoing partnership between Kāinga Ora and the Department of Corrections. Housing Minister Megan Woods was impressed with the partnership’s outcomes when she visited the construction yard at Rolleston Prison, near Christchurch

  • Christchurch customers connect over kai

    Fried rice and pita bread pizzas were just some of the culinary delights on the menu when tenants at a Kāinga Ora complex in Christchurch took part in a free course that offers tips on how to cook on a budget. Resources to run its Christchurch-based ‘Money and Kai’ programme, which focuses on things such as menu planning and easy meal preparation. Christchurch tenant Colin

  • Unlocking housing opportunities in southwest Christchurch

    A parcel of vacant land owned by Kāinga Ora in southwest Christchurch has been sold to an iwi-owned development company, which intends to use it for residential land development. creates an opportunity for others to progress much-needed housing in a growing part of Christchurch, while reducing ongoing holdings costs for Kainga Ora. “We

  • Our office locations

    Visit our Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities offices Monday to Friday between 9am to 4pm. Dunedin 62 Albany Street PO Box 830 Dunedin 9054 Nelson Level 1 (2nd Floor) 105 Trafalgar Street PO Box 342 Nelson 7010 Christchurch - Papanui 6 Restell Street

  • 'Don’t get in your own way’: Partnership provides post-Covid career opportunity

    From graphic design to a carpentry apprenticeship, the impact of Covid-19 in 2020 led to a new career path for one Christchurch woman. hired so far through Kāinga Ora Construction Partnering Agreements in Christchurch and Auckland. More than 190 people have joined the Kāinga Ora Apprenticeship

  • Love of Sāmoan language leads to lifetime of helping

    When Tiresa was growing up, she wanted nothing more than to keep her first language, Sāmoan, alive. The Kāinga Ora customer arrived in Christchurch from Sāmoa with her family when she was three months old and spent her childhood wanting to speak the language

  • Housing Delivery System reaches 2000th home milestone

    Kāinga Ora has delivered more than 2,000 new state houses through its Housing Delivery System (HDS), a milestone that has provided more tenants with warm, modern homes. . Piloted in Christchurch in 2022, the first HDS home was completed in Hoon Hay, Christchurch in February 2023. HDS expanded to Auckland and is now being used

  • Boosting the supply of affordable housing in Christchurch

    Housing Minister, Hon Megan Woods, has announced the purchase of 66a Quaifes Road in Halswell, Christchurch. The 36,800m2 parcel of land has been purchased as part of a Kāinga Ora urban development programme, which aims to provide a range of housing options

  • New Kāinga Ora housing complex offers unique solar technology

    Kāinga Ora has completed a new 20-unit development in Christchurch that features solar technology expected to result in significantly lower power bills for people living there. in Christchurch. The complex also includes a heat recovery system, which will help to reduce heatpump costs in each unit, and has an 8-Homestar rating, which means it has