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A place to put down roots

Just a few weeks after moving into their newly renovated home in Greymouth, Michelle and Ché have settled in so well that they’re already planning their new garden. , more spacious home. “I can’t wait to put up the Christmas tree and I can decorate it any time. I’m so thankful for this house. This is a home that I’m happy to live in.”

New home, new outlook on life

Cece felt like she’d struck it lucky when she walked into her new Kāinga Ora home in Christchurch after living in emergency housing. Christmas,” she says. Cece and her dog Ray Charles are now happily settled into their new home, which Cece has tastefully furnished with community donations and

Leo dons Santa’s hat this Christmas

Leo marked the first Christmas in his new home by taking on a very important role – none other than Santa Claus himself! the call to say I had this place. I couldn’t wait to move in.” Recently Leo put up his Christmas tree and will likely spend Christmas Day with his sisters

Home for Christmas – Feona’s early gift

Feona has picked out the perfect spot for her Christmas tree this year. meeting more.   She has a handful of boxes to unpack and, as well as the Christmas tree, wants to buy some pot plants for the deck.    Reflecting

Self-sown and supreme: How a Greenlane garden grew

Congratulations to our Greenlane customer David, whose paradise of palms, succulents and native plants has earned the top award in this year’s Great Gardens of Kāinga Ora competition. A single tree stood in the yard when David moved into his Kāinga Ora home 25 years ago. “Everywhere else was just grass,” he says. But it didn’t stay that way

Dave’s toy-making skills bring a spark of joy

For the past two years, wooden toys carefully created in Dave’s North Canterbury home workshop have brightened up the lives of kids in need. wood and painting them in a variety of bright colours. The toys are then delivered in time for Christmas to tamariki living in Kāinga Ora homes across Canterbury

Kaliopasi family enjoy a new home for Christmas

Last week nine members of the Kaliopasi family moved into a new five-bedroom home that was built by students at Unitec in Auckland under a trade academy partnership with Kāinga Ora. The 143sqm home was trucked to Gisborne earlier this year. supervision to New Zealand Green Building Council 6 Homestar standards. One of the first things that was carried into the home was the Christmas tree. The move is a

New homes change lives of two large Hastings families

Tears are very close to the surface this Christmas for mum of six Paula. Her eyes glaze over when she thinks about the phone call she received from Kāinga Ora saying they had a 4 bedroom home in Hastings she could move into. their Christmas trees up and are looking forward to celebrating in their new homes. The children are once again running between the two houses. A bag of popcorn

Kat’z is safe and cosy in her inner-city apartment

From her new Kāinga Ora home, Kat’z looks out across the tops of the huge London Plane trees that line Greys Avenue in Auckland’s CBD. It’s a location she knows well but from a very different perspective. building and I like that because you’ve got to have that human contact, you don’t want to be isolated.” Kat’z is looking forward to spending her first Christmas at Te

A fresh start for Christmas

Just in time for the festive season, a formerly homeless New Plymouth resident is moving into a brand-new Kāinga Ora home in the heart of the city. essential services. “Going into Christmas with a place to rest my head is something I’m truly grateful for,” he says. These homes are part of Kāinga Ora’s

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