Kainga Ora logo
  • English
  • Te reo Māori
  • Gagana Samoa | Samoan
  • Lea Faka Tonga | Tongan
  • 简体中文 | Chinese (Simplified)
  • Careers at Kāinga Ora
  • Login or register to MyKāingaOra
  • Languages
  • English
  • Te reo Māori
  • Gagana Samoa | Samoan
  • Lea Faka Tonga | Tongan
  • 简体中文 | Chinese (Simplified)
  • Tenants and communities
    • Tenants and communities
    • Our tenants
      • Our tenants
      • Our role as a landlord
      • Tenancy agreement
      • Supporting you in your home
      • Being a good neighbour
      • Paying your rent
      • Budgeting tips
      • Maintaining your home
      • Visits and access
      • Having a pet
      • Moving out
      • Change in circumstance
      • Advocating on behalf of tenants
      • MyKāingaOra
      • Close to Home tenant newsletter
    • Our tenants health and safety
      • Our tenants health and safety
      • Keeping your home healthy
      • Our Programmes
      • Fire safety
      • Keeping your home secure
      • Poisons, asbestos and lead-based paint
      • Mould and pest control
      • Our driveway safety programme
      • Emergency and disaster preparedness
      • National support services
      • Managing methamphetamine contamination in our homes
      • Solar panels on your home
    • Our neighbours
      • Our neighbours
      • Provide feedback or a complaint
      • Fences
      • Ground issues, trees and storm damage
      • Drainage and easements
      • Illegal structures and unauthorised alterations
      • Consents, land sales and public works
    • Renting a home
  • Urban development and social housing
    • Urban development and social housing
    • Urban development
      • Urban development
      • Urban development large-scale projects
      • Building climate resilient homes and communities
      • Specified Development Projects
    • Social housing
      • Social housing
      • Our approach to delivering social housing
      • Building through the Housing Delivery System
      • Social housing developments
      • Keeping the community informed
      • Kāinga Ora Retrofit Programme
      • Transforming how we maintain and care for our homes
    • Housing styles
    • Industry Hub
      • Industry Hub
      • Housing Delivery System project
      • Kāinga Ora urban development keeps on delivering
      • Finding efficiencies in urban development
      • Rangatahi renovations build connection and career pathways
      • Introducing the new Housing Delivery Group
      • Wastewater upgrade prevents sewage flowing into harbour
      • Density and amenity go hand in hand
      • Etu Rakau: creating a circular economy by connecting community
      • Molley Green Reserve: ‘a place we call home’ reopens
    • Development and Construction Matters bulletin
    • Minimising construction waste
    • Renewable energy
    • Selling Kāinga Ora properties
      • Selling Kāinga Ora properties
      • Property sales
    • Accessibility at Kāinga Ora
  • Home ownership
    • Home ownership
    • KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal
    • Guide to buying a home
      • Guide to buying a home
      • 1. Starting out
      • 2. Preparing and applying
      • 3. Searching
      • 4. Buying
      • 5. Settling
    • First Home Loan
    • First Home Decision Tool
    • Kāinga Whenua
      • Kāinga Whenua
      • Kāinga Whenua Loans for individuals
      • Kāinga Whenua Loans for Collectives
      • Kāinga Whenua resources
    • Tenant home ownership
    • First Home Partner
    • Home ownership resources
  • Working with us
    • Working with us
    • Procurement - supplying goods and services to us
      • Procurement - supplying goods and services to us
      • Existing Kāinga Ora Sourcing Arrangements
      • Our Te Mahi Ngātahi Maintenance Partners
    • Consentium – Building Consent Authority
    • Supported Housing
    • Specified Development Projects
  • Media Centre
    • Media Centre
    • Media resources
    • Media queries
    • Image and video resources
  • Contact us
    • Contact us
    • Make an Official Information Act (OIA) Request
    • Enquiries and feedback form
  • Online applications
  • Careers at Kāinga Ora
  • Login or register to MyKāingaOra
  • Tenants and communities
    Our tenants
    • Our role as a landlord
    • Tenancy agreement
    • Supporting you in your home
    • Being a good neighbour
    • Paying your rent
    • Budgeting tips
    • Maintaining your home
    • Inspections
    • Having a pet
    • Moving out
    • Change in circumstance
    • Advocating on behalf of tenants
    Tenants health and safety
    • Keeping your home healthy
    • Our Programmes
    • Fire safety
    • Mould and pest control
    • Keeping your home secure
    • Poisons, asbestos and lead-based paint
    • Our driveway safety programme
    • Emergency and disaster preparedness
    • National support services
    • Managing methamphetamine contamination in our homes
    • Solar panels on your home
    Renting a home
    MyKāingaOra
    Our neighbours
    • Provide feedback or a complaint
    • Ground issues, trees and storm damage
    • Drainage and easements
    • Fences
    • Illegal structures and unauthorised alterations
    • Consents, land sales and public works
  • Urban development and social housing
    Urban development
    • Urban Development Strategy
    • Urban development large-scale projects
    • Building climate resilient homes and communities
    • Specified Development Projects
    Social housing
    • Our approach to delivering social housing
    • Building through the Housing Delivery System
    • Social housing developments
    • Keeping the community informed
    • Kāinga Ora Retrofit Programme
    Housing styles
    Industry Hub
    Accessibility at Kāinga Ora
    Sustainability at Kāinga Ora
    Development and Construction Matters bulletin
  • Home ownership
    KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal
    First Home Decision Tool
    Guide to buying a home
    First Home Loan
    Kāinga Whenua
    Tenant home ownership
    Home ownership resources
  • Working with us
    Specified Development Project
    Supported Housing
    Procurement
    Infrastructure Acceleration Fund
    Consentium – Building Consent Authority
  • Media Centre
  • Contact us
Search Results

Search results

Displaying 1 - 10 results of 197 for "full universal design"

  • New Kāinga Ora homes completed in Blenheim

    Four new homes suitable for people living with accessibility needs are set to welcome residents in central Blenheim. Campbell, Regional Director Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast, says all four homes are built to full universal design standards, which means they are suitable

  • Northcote Development celebrates opening 85 new public homes at Ngāhuripoke

    Housing Minister Megan Woods officially opened the largest public housing development in the Northcote Development on Wednesday. part of the Northcote Development Large Scale Project (LSP). As well as 40 one-bedroom homes (including 17 with Full Universal Design), 30 two-bedroom and 15

  • New Kāinga Ora homes completed in Ashburton

    Kāinga Ora is ready to welcome customers into nine new homes in Ashburton. of the homes have full universal design features, which means they are suitable for people living with accessibility needs. Liz Krause, Regional Director

  • New homes set to increase housing supply in Westport

    Kāinga Ora last week offered the community the chance to walk through the new Queen Street homes in Westport, which it plans to purchase later this month. universal design, which means they are suitable for people living with mobility or accessibility issues. The homes and landscaping have also been designed to

  • Plans for the redevelopment of Carroll Street site progressing

    Kāinga Ora is redeveloping its property at Carroll Street, Central Dunedin to further boost the supply of public housing in the region. . “The proposed plans include around 25% of the homes meeting full universal design standards, meaning they can be adapted to be accessible for people of all

  • New homes a “little village” for Henderson

    Whānau will soon be moving into 47 brand-new Kāinga Ora homes in Henderson, Auckland, delivered just in time for spring. manager Matt Stowers explains that 20 of the homes meet the Kāinga Ora standard for full universal design, meaning they are suitable for people with accessibility

  • Kāinga Ora redevelopments to bring new homes to Dunedin

    Kāinga Ora is redeveloping some its properties in Albertson Ave, Port Chalmers to increase the supply of public housing in Dunedin. universal design standards, which means they are more accessible and are, or can be made to be, fit for purpose for customers with mobility issues. Otago

  • “Hard to fault” Kāinga Ora developments win property industry awards

    Five Kāinga Ora social housing developments have received top accolades at the recent 2024 Property Industry Awards. Christchurch. Twenty new homes replaced four old state homes, the full universal design complex means people of all ages and ability can live well in their new

  • New homes welcomed in Ruakākā

    Neighbours, local hapū, community leaders, build partners and contractors, all joined Kāinga Ora, to celebrate six newly completed homes in Ruakākā. open arms by the community. The homes have a 6-Homestar rating, meaning they are highly energy efficient and were built to full universal design standards

  • Homestar 6 rated public homes ready for whānau in South Auckland

    This week, we marked the completion of 19 new public homes in the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa. -bedroom apartments and one four-bedroom house. “Excitingly, six of the apartments have been built to Kāinga Ora Full Universal Design (FUD) standard meaning they

logo flower background

Kāinga Ora

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Our locations
  • Careers
  • Privacy Notice
  • Copyright statement

Quick Links

  • Enquiries and feedback form
  • Publications and reports
  • Make an OIA request
  • Holidays Act Payments
  • Investor Centre

Home Ownership

  • First Home Loan
  • KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal
  • Kāinga Whenua
  • Tenant home ownership

General Enquiries

  • Freephone 0800 801 601
  • Enquiries and feedback form

    Our Customer Support Centre provides on-the-spot responses for all enquiries 8am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday and 24/7 for urgent calls.

Follow us on social

Women’s Refuge Shielded Site

© 2025 Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities

Kainga ora logo Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa / New Zealand Government