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A bright future for award-winning apprentice Braedyn

Growing up with the stability of a Kāinga Ora home has allowed 20-year-old Braedyn to put down roots and begin a promising career in the neighbourhood he calls home. After attending local primary and secondary schools, Braedyn landed an apprenticeship just an eight-minute walk from home and enjoys his sense of independence

‘Auntie’ Faith’s fast fingers fly through the knitting

Every winter, kids at Motueka primary schools are toasty warm thanks to Faith’s speedy knitting skills. schools for a number of years. “The whole idea is every child in the classroom has cosy feet because they change into slippers in the classroom,” Faith explains. “I

Kaliopasi family enjoy a new home for Christmas

Last week nine members of the Kaliopasi family moved into a new five-bedroom home that was built by students at Unitec in Auckland under a trade academy partnership with Kāinga Ora. The 143sqm home was trucked to Gisborne earlier this year. and Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. The contributing students are enrolled in the Unitec School of Trades and Services and their construction work is

Peggy's top tips to getting to 100

Mt Roskill resident Peggy joined an exclusive club of Kāinga Ora residents when she celebrated turning 100 on 16 June 2023. ”, Peggy says. “I have also done many bus trips around the South Island, worked in the tuck shop at the local primary school up the road and played bowls for

35 tamariki move into long-term homes

The first stage of a new housing development in Te Hapara Gisborne, will see thirty-five tamariki moving out of unsuitable housing into nine new, long-term homes. The recently completed development is near the corner of Gladstone Road and Mill Road and opposite Te Hapara School. The homes have been built on the back of a

Otago woman crafts a life of kindness and caring

From premature babies to people in their final days of life, hundreds of Otago people have benefited from Eleanor’s huge heart – and her passion for knitting and crochet. And that’s just the start of the incredible impact this Mosgiel woman has on those around her. to knitting as a young girl, by a teacher that saw something in her. “I’m dyslexic, and back then they couldn’t be bothered with me at school, they put me down

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. . Earlier this year, she also began volunteering at a local school assisting with the Garden to Table programme, which teaches pupils how to plant, harvest and

Young family's lives changed by new home

After only a few months in their new Kāinga Ora home, Natasha and her daughters Abi and Alex are finding their lives have changed for the better. used to. She’s finding school a lot easier too. “We’re finding we can do more things together as a family as well, like going for walks or going to visit my

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