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  • First Home Loan

    A First Home Loan can make it easier for you to get into your first home by lowering the required deposit to 5%. Monday, 12 January 2026. Finding the deposit for your first home can be a challenge, with most lenders currently requiring a minimum 20% deposit. But with a First

  • SBS Bank partners with Kāinga Ora to help first home buyers

    First home buyers will have more opportunities to access the shared ownership scheme First Home Partner, following a new partnership announced today between Kāinga Ora and SBS Bank. SBS has been confirmed as the third participating lender for First Home Partner, joining founding banks Westpac and BNZ. Jason Lovell, Kāinga Ora Manager Home

  • Budget 2022: Changes announced for first home products

    The Government has today announced changes to some of the home ownership products administered by Kāinga Ora, enabling more New Zealanders to access support to purchase their first home. The changes were announced as part of Budget 2022, and involve the First Home Grant, First Home Loan and the Kāinga Whenua Loan scheme. House price caps for

  • KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal application

    not eligible for a KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal. are a first home buyer who has never owned a home or land in New Zealand or overseas . Please apply directly

  • Changes made to the First Home Partner scheme

    The Government has announced changes to First Home Partner, the shared ownership scheme administered by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. Launched in October 2021, First Home Partner is part of the Government’s wider Progressive Home Ownership Fund (external link) . It enables eligible

  • Buyers move in to Rotorua’s first KiwiBuild homes

    Homeownership means many things. For Venkat and Sowmya, it represents security and a new future for their two-year-old daughter Venya. The family recently moved in to their new three-bedroom, two-bathroom townhouse in Rotorua – one of the first KiwiBuild homes to be built in the city. “This

  • Changes announced for home ownership products

    The Government has today announced changes to some of the home ownership products and programmes administered by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. First Home Grant house price caps will be updated in several areas throughout the country to align with current market values. The minimum First Home Grant

  • KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal

    If you have been a member of KiwiSaver for at least 3 years, you may be able to make a withdrawal from your savings to put towards buying your first home. withdraw your savings to help you buy your first home. Not all complying funds permit withdrawals for this purpose, so you will need to discuss this with the

  • Changes announced for KiwiBuild programme

    Minister of Housing, Hon. Dr Megan Woods, has announced changes to the KiwiBuild programme.  sell the underwritten homes at or below the KiwiBuild price caps. The underwritten homes must be offered, in the first instance, to eligible KiwiBuild buyers

  • Young couple helped into their forever home

    A young couple, who were living with their baby and five-year-old son in their grandparent’s sleep out, are the first people in Tairāwhiti to use Kāinga Ora’s First Home Partner scheme to get into their own first home. The recent Government announcement of changes to the scheme, mean it will be a good option for more of our people to own their first home, says Theo, Kāinga