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  • 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

  • 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

  • Tenant home ownership

    If you are currently a Kāinga Ora tenant, you may be eligible for a grant to go towards purchasing the home you’re living in. Ora properties and cannot be applied to buy any other properties. If you are a tenant and want to apply for the Tenant Home Ownership grant you can complete

  • What’s in a name?

    A group of Christchurch residents will name their complex, an idea formed to help continue building community spirit. Grant loves his Phillipstown home. It’s warm, modern, and he and wife Lorraine “get on so well with neighbours” in the 18-unit complex. “I wouldn’t move from

  • Home ownership resources

    Download our product brochures and access useful links to websites that can help you through the path to home ownership. Decision Tool Not sure where to start? Our First Home Decision Tool is a helpful guide to see what home ownership products you could be eligible for. First Home

  • Young mum’s home ownership dreams come true

    For Maddy, a Dunedin neonatal nurse and mother of two, owning a home and providing a stable base for her young family has been a long-held goal. in. Not knowing where to start or whether she had the financial means to buy a home, Maddy sat down with a mortgage broker to see what was possible

  • Kāinga Whenua Loans for individuals

    The Kāinga Whenua Loan is an opportunity for Māori to build, purchase or relocate a house on multiply-owned Māori land. of ownership in the land is determined by their individual shares recorded by the Māori Land Court. How does the Loan work?  For regular home loans, banks take

  • Te Mauri Paihere ki Mangakootukutuku

    Location: Te Mauri Paihere ki Mangakootukutuku, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato environment that will be provided for all living in the village-like community. At the end of 2021 resource consent was granted for the construction of these homes

  • 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. eligible for Kāinga Ora’s First Home Loan and First Home Grant.” “After getting pre-approval for a small bank loan they started looking for something to buy. They

  • A stable home for Jamie after 60 years

    Jamie from Palmerston North knows better than anyone what a difference a stable home can make. period, where he started to tackle some of the issues he was dealing with. “Because I wasn’t working, I felt it was the right time for me to prioritise my life

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