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Opening of Te Ara Awataha – Greenway starting soon

One of the last pieces of the infrastructure puzzle for the Northcote greenway project has slotted into place. Turf was installed last week within Greenslade Reserve, one of the last steps in a Healthy Waters led stormwater upgrade to the multi-purpose outdoor facility

100,000 native plants to help grow local careers

Over the next three years the Environmental Cadetship programme will help local residents from eastern Porirua gain valuable qualifications and on-the-job training, whilst seeing more than 100,000 native plants planted through Bothamley and Cannons Creek parks. Environmental Cadetship Programme The recent removal of non-indigenous pine trees from two local parks (Bothamley and Cannons Creek Park) to enable Te Rā Nui to

More room for more Mangere

Associate Minister of Housing, Hon Kris Faafoi, has visited the first state houses to be completed in the Kāinga Ora Mangere Development. Health, Hon Peeni Henare and Minister of Pacific Peoples and MP for Mangere, Hon Aupito William Sio also attended the event in support of Minister Faafoi and the

Redevelopment of existing homes set to boost public housing supply in Timaru

Nine new, warm and dry homes will replace three existing dwellings to boost the supply of public housing in Timaru. ,” says Ms Young. Site testing has started this week and demolition of the existing homes is scheduled to begin later this month. Construction of the new homes is

Smart public housing apartments for Auckland

A happy coincidence saw the start of Alert Level 1 coincide with the opening of modern, well-designed homes. likely include older people, those with mobility issues, small families and individuals. Galway Street is within short walking distance of Onehunga town centre and

Keeping our Pacific communities updated on COVID-19

Talofa lava | Kia orana | Tēnā koutou katoa

During this time it’s really important all whānau are kept up to date with information about the COVID-19 outbreak and the rules around the current national lockdown. The Ministry for Pacific Peoples has been working to engage Pacific Aotearoa, the Pacific communities across the nation through a number of ways.  It has

Bringing new, warm and dry homes to Mosgiel

Kāinga Ora is boosting the supply of public housing in Otago by redeveloping its properties across Mosgiel and purchasing new homes from local developers.

Southland Regional Director, Kerrie Young says increasing the number of homes on some of our sites means more people in need can live in areas like Mosgiel that are

Smart, modern homes for Ranui

Where three old houses once stood, there are now nine new properties that will become homes for whānau in the West Auckland suburb of Ranui. celebrating perhaps what our community needs the most; warm, dry, safe, beautifully designed, accessible homes that generations of people will be proud to call

Home reno adds to Nelson couple’s festive cheer

Ivy and Glynn are loving having a morning cuppa on their deck in the summer sunshine since returning to their newly renovated Kāinga Ora home in Nelson. done ahead of schedule. “Scott Construction finished the work ahead of schedule, which means our customers have been able to move back into their homes sooner

Housing Delivery System project

Kāinga Ora is undertaking the biggest public build programme in decades.

Our Housing Delivery System (HDS) is what we’re calling a new way of planning and building houses to deliver much needed, quality homes for whānau faster and at a lower cost. We’re consistently reducing the design to consent phase of houses by 94% - from 17 months to 6 weeks. HDS is significantly reducing the time to complete pre

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