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  • Now I can breathe

    That was the response of one tenant who has just moved into a newly built Kāinga Ora home in Mathews Road, Gisborne. sleeping on a lazyboy chair for some time. The house has been built with wider doorways, a larger shower so I can fit my shower chair in and a separate toilet

  • COVID-19 - contact types, help with essential costs and supporting your workers

    MSD and the COVID-19 team explain more about the types of contacts, how to get help with essential costs through Work and Income, and how you can support your workers with a range of financial support that is available. fewer hours. If you’re sick or need time off work because of COVID-19, Work and Income may be able to help you even if you're working, even if you don’t think you

  • 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. Kāinga Ora will need to be up to date by the time you purchase your home. This includes paying off any debt related to damages and income related rent.

  • Fences

    If you are a private home owner living next door to a Kāinga Ora property and you are thinking about building a fence along the boundary, you must discuss this with us. Kāinga Ora may be able to help with costs, too. grade to NZS 3631, H4 treated for ground contact timbers. Fences to 1.2 metres in height Posts: 100mm x 75 mm, 600mm minimum, set in concrete. Rails: Two rails

  • 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. , drier homes for eastern Porirua,” says Will Pennington. “It’s about working in partnership to also help enhance things like education, job opportunities and

  • Archives and historical records

    Several thousand records relating to many aspects of state housing, including those relating to houses at one time owned by the state, are held by Archives New Zealand. , Education, Māori Affairs, Corrections, and Post Office, also owned state houses at different times. Want to find a specific record? Visit Archives New Zealand

  • 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. someone who may need help. The MATES team includes field officers and case managers who provide ongoing support for people who need it. To date, more than 2,500 construction workers have been inducted into the MATES programme, nationwide.

  • Responses to OIA requests

    This page provides responses to selected Official Information Act (OIA) requests. This includes OIA's on topics of public interest and/or useful research purposes. - Remediation Costs for St Lukes Apartment [PDF, 344 KB] 1 September 2025 - Tenancies ended due to death stats 2018 - 2024 [PDF, 178 KB] August 29 August 2025

  • 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. winners across the Australian states for the overall Australasian awards held in Melbourne in March 2022. Kāinga Ora took out the two categories of Excellence in

  • Budgeting tips

    Find tips and tools to help with budgeting, saving and preparing for unexpected costs. time with family – not spending loads of money. It’s easier for you and your whānau to enjoy a happy, debt-free summer by buying what you need throughout the

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