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From refugee to community leader

Nasra wanted her new neighbourhood to feel safe and welcoming, so she made it her mission to create a friendly community. play together for hours, and we feel a great sense of safety and support. “We have neighbours from India, Samoa, Iraq, Africa, Germany, and China. We all want to

Dave’s toy-making skills bring a spark of joy

For the past two years, wooden toys carefully created in Dave’s North Canterbury home workshop have brightened up the lives of kids in need. Since 2022, Dave, a quality specialist for Kāinga Ora contractor BGIS, and his workmates, have spent Canterbury Anniversary weekend making toys from recycled

An open home of a different kind

A fire in an Invercargill home has become an important tool in helping educate people about the dangers of house fires. in Invercargill at the weekend, after a family’s Glengarry home was significantly damaged by fire. No-one was harmed in the recent blaze, but the family lost many

Kāinga Ora solar programme awarded for breaking new ground

The award-winning Kāinga Ora renewable energy programme is leaving a legacy for both social housing customers and New Zealand’s electricity market. housing homes, introducing new solar technology to the country and bringing a ground-breaking solar trading trial to the electricity market. Backed by the Māori

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. programme and has also set up a new health and wellness programme. She’s also about to begin weekend shifts at a security company, thanks in part to her community

New homes for Gisborne from trade academies

Six brand new, healthy homes built by three trade academies have arrived at Kāinga Ora sites in Gisborne. Three homes built by ICONIQ building academy, two built by Springhill Prison Trades Academy and one built by Massey High School in Auckland were transported to

Good progress delivering new public homes in Tairāwhiti

Civil defence assessments indicate that very few of Kāinga Ora’s 1,320 state homes in Tairāwhiti have been affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. solution particularly for rural communities.” “We also have partnerships with a range of trade academies that are building homes while training the next

Noa lands national award for leadership

We are so proud of kaimahi Noa who has been named Young Leader of the Year | Te Tohu mō te Kaiārahi Rangatahi o te Tau in the Te Hāpai Hapori | Spirit of Service Awards. The award is in recognition of Noa’s dedication to flood recovery work following the catastrophic weather of Auckland Anniversary weekend. On 27 January, Noa’s

New homes and new ways to connect with Kāinga Ora in Timaru and Invercargill

Kāinga Ora is planning to deliver a number of new homes in Timaru and Invercargill over the next two years, with multiple developments set to boost the supply of public housing across the two areas. Invercargill this weekend at: Multicultural Aoraki Festival on Saturday 2 March at 32 Arthur St, Timaru and South Alive Children’s Day on Sunday 3 March at

New homes welcomed in Ruakākā

Neighbours, local hapū, community leaders, build partners and contractors, all joined Kāinga Ora, to celebrate six newly completed homes in Ruakākā. first customers will start moving in this weekend,” she said. Karl Bryant, Development Design Manager at Landforce Developments, said they were proud to deliver

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