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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

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. place, but the participants will find the atmosphere relaxing.” MATES in Construction is a charitable organisation formed in Australia in 2008. Kāinga Ora signed a

Kura students help bless 10 new Gisborne homes

New Gisborne apartments resounded with the sweet voices of students from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hawaiki Hou as they assisted Kaikarakia to implant mauri (spiritual energy) into the homes. have been challenges, but I am determined to be one of the first blind Māoris to complete their doctorate in NZ. And I want to be able to show other blind people that it can be done!”

Kāinga Ora scoops Māori Crown Relationships Award

Congratulations to our people who were part of the team that won the Te Hāpai Hāpori - Spirit of Service Awards 2020 Māori Crown Relationships Award. Service Commission, which focused on auahatanga (innovation), whakapūmautanga (durability) and kōwhiringa (opportunities). Dame Karen Sewell, from the Australia and

Te Ara Awataha wins big at prestigious engineering awards

The work to rejuvenate a greenway in Northcote, Auckland, has been recognised at this year’s Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) NZ 2023 Asset Management Excellence Awards, with the project team taking home three awards. Te Ara Awataha project was awarded the Excellence in Water, Best Infrastructure Project over $5 million and Asset Management Excellence Supreme Award at the

Kāinga Ora brings unique solar sharing system to Northland

Kāinga Ora has brought world leading solar sharing technology to Whangārei, with customers at its Anzac Road complex among the first in the country to benefit. development and Napier’s 24-unit Seddon Crescent development completed last month. Kāinga Ora has partnered with leading Australian company Allume Energy to bring the SolShare system to New Zealand.  

Finalists in the NZ Rainbow Excellence Awards 2023

For the first time, Kāinga Ora has been nominated in two categories for the New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards 2023. Held annually, the New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards are the only Rainbow-focused awards programme in Aotearoa New Zealand, and acknowledge workplace

KiwiBuild @340 Onehunga

The NZ Living @340 Onehunga residential development is nearing completion. The building will be opened with a blessing ceremony on 4 October, with the first residents moving in the week after. apartments were initially available exclusively to KiwiBuild buyers, with all except one sold to first home buyers. The @340 Onehunga homes displays NZ Living’s

New Kāinga Ora homes in Richmond set to welcome residents

Five new state homes in Richmond are ready for whānau to move in. Kāinga Ora has purchased the five two-bedroom homes in Richmond, near Nelson, from developer NZ Housing Group now that construction has been completed. They

New Kāinga Ora Accessibility Policy

With our new Accessibility Policy, we have committed to ensuring that at least 15% of the new homes we are building across the country meet universal design standards, and the rest meet as many of these universal design standards as possible. Policy – QR Code [PNG, 5 KB] ( NZ Sign Language Version, NZ Standard Audio Version and Easy Read Version are available via this QR Code) Kāinga Ora Accessibility

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