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Who we are

Kāinga Ora provides social housing and support to individuals and families across New Zealand. examples are: The Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) 2015 Building Act 2004 Housing Improvement Regulations 1947 Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 and associated regulations Explore more Meet our Leadership Team Contact us

Having a pet

Kāinga Ora supports tenants having pets - but it’s important to be a responsible pet owner and get our consent first. owner in New Zealand, you're responsible for keeping your pet safe, secure, and well cared for. This means making sure your pet has everything it needs to stay

Emergency and disaster preparedness

Emergencies can happen anywhere, any time and without warning. We can look after ourselves and the people we care about by knowing the different ways to stay informed. to these stations: Radio New Zealand The Hits NewstalkZB MoreFM Radio Live Online For local updates, our council and local Civil Defence Emergency Management

An open home of a different kind

A fire in an Invercargill home has become an important tool in helping educate people about the dangers of house fires. Intervention Programme, where Fire and Emergency staff work with children to prevent similar fires happening in New Zealand homes. The Fire and Emergency crew had set up

Fire safety

A house fire can take everything from you, even your life. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen. Here’s some easy fire safety tips to keep you and your loved ones safe. . Fire and Emergency New Zealand website The Fire and Emergency New Zealand website provides tips and ideas on keeping you, your family and your home safe

A new family home for Christmas

Families in need will be spending this Christmas in a new warm, dry home, thanks to 12 new Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities state homes at Strathmore, Wellington. season and start 2020 with a great new place to call home.” Having these families move in to the new homes will in turn free up space at emergency housing for

Old flames: Kāinga Ora partnership with Fire and Emergency NZ going strong

A house fire can be devastating and at worst, deadly. To help reduce the risk of fires in our homes, we’ve joined forces with Fire and Emergency New Zealand. investigate fires that do happen. It’s an important relationship.” Pete Gallagher, Risk Reduction and Investigations Manager at Fire and Emergency New Zealand

Ruby a gem of the local community

Kāinga Ora customer Ruby is paddling away happily on a ‘waka of change’.

Ruby says she has turned her life around in the past five years since she moved from emergency housing into her Kāinga Ora home with her now 10-year-old and 17-year-old sons. With a stable roof over her head, the Christchurch mum spent two years volunteering for her local community patrol, which supports Police to keep the area safe

Kindness and kebabs: Bangash feeds those in need

Zuhaib Abbas Bangash arrived in New Zealand from Pakistan in 2013 with little more than a handful of clothes and a dream to create a safer life for his children. Bangash. “After few days of my first arrival in Aotearoa, I encountered peace and felt that New Zealand is a safe place to live. So I decided to take a chance to

Warmer, drier state homes for Auckland whānau

Kāinga Ora has invested nearly $47 million into maintaining and improving its homes for its tenants and their whānau in Auckland. . Overall, each year Kāinga Ora spends about half a billion dollars on maintaining and improving its homes across New Zealand. “That is a massive financial

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