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Online ‘Lunch Room’ to support construction workers

Suicide prevention charity MATES in Construction NZ has launched an online Lunch Room to support construction workers during the COVID-19 lockdown. www.mates.net.nz (external link) . McArthur says the construction industry has the highest proportion of suicides across all industries in New Zealand. “The COVID-19

Kāinga Ora scores two wins in Australasian Housing Institute Awards

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities has scooped two awards in the New Zealand section of the 2021 Australasian Housing Institute Awards (AHI). These awards were for our COVID-19 response in 2020 and for Te Mahi Ngatahi Maintenance Contract. Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architecture Awards . The annual AHI awards recognise the mahi of housing professionals and organisations that have made a

Proactive releases

Kāinga Ora proactively releases Cabinet papers, advice to ministers and other documents used to assist the Government. Some documents may contain redacted information made in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 and the Privacy Act 2020. – Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities - Estimated Impact of COVID-19 [PDF, 1.8 MB] 14 September 2021 – Impact of the COVID-19 Level 4 Lockdown on Kāinga Ora – Homes

Adventuring guinea pig inspires childhood tale

Nelson author Caroline’s special childhood friend, Norman Guinea Pig, is living on in the pages of a children’s book she has written in her retirement. , said she was inspired to write her first book during the first Covid lockdown. “It’s my first piece of writing and it was just in my head. I’ve had a very busy

Creating a sense of whānau for the whole neighbourhood

Tāmaki Makaurau customer Jacqui is legendary in her West Auckland community. As well as caring for her six – soon to be seven children – she spends much of her time volunteering at the Glenavon Community Hub near her Kāinga Ora home. blown away by the support the community wrapped around her when she needed help herself. “When we were in lockdown for COVID-19, Whaea Jacqui delivered a kai

How Covid-19 is helping Kāinga Ora better support its customers

Kāinga Ora has supported more than 42,000 customers through wellbeing calls during Covid-19 alert levels in New Zealand, prompting us to change some of the ways we work with our people. before.” Shirley and Renee catch up in person for the first time since before New Zealand entered Alert Level 4 due to Covid-19. Kāinga Ora supports more than

Minis spur massive milestone: Hard work pays off with new home

The hard work of a former Kāinga Ora customer of 30 years has paid off as she settles in to her own home. , now 49, moved into her first Kāinga Ora (then Housing New Zealand) home at age 19. She was grateful for the support she received over the next 30 years raising

More state homes for Napier changing lives

Significant progress has been made increasing the number of state homes available in Napier, an area identified nationally where too many people have nowhere suitable to live. needed to move out of the family home. “I moved into emergency accommodation based in a motel room. That was where I was living when we went into COVID lockdown. My

Family of seven settled in Kauri Place, Hastings

After living in three small motel rooms for nearly three years, Petelo, Marie and their five children are loving life in Kāinga Ora’s new housing development in Kauri Place. sometimes fighting.” Petelo and Marie moved from Samoa to New Zealand in 2016. “We moved in with my sister. When she moved to Australia we stayed in the house

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. that has not been seen in Aotearoa New Zealand before. Those announcements will be on: TV1 Friday March 27 at 4.30pm (key messages from Pacific clinicians in all

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