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  • Love of Sāmoan language leads to lifetime of helping

    When Tiresa was growing up, she wanted nothing more than to keep her first language, Sāmoan, alive. language,” Tiresa explains. A few decades later and Tiresa – now a fluent Sāmoan speaker who can also understand some Tongan, Arabic and speak Afrikaans – has not

  • We’re the first in our aiga to buy a home

    Buying your first home is a huge deal even when you’ve grown up in New Zealand. For Suamasi and Semala, who arrived here as penniless newlyweds, it is literally the dream that’s come true. % deposit on a house. After two failed attempts to secure a mortgage, they approached a Sāmoan-speaking mortgage advisor for help with the application process. “It

  • Tenant brochures and forms

    See the latest brochures, forms and fact sheets from Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. : English [PDF, 3.3 MB] Samoan [PDF, 3.4 MB] Tongan [PDF, 3.4 MB] Maori [PDF, 3.6 MB] Chinese [PDF, 3.8 MB] Tenant forms Automatic payment to Kāinga Ora [PDF

  • Close to Home tenant newsletter

    Close to Home is a tenant newsletter supported by Kāinga Ora. Read about local communities, recipes, tips, advice and staying safe around the home. ] Samoan [PDF, 872 KB] Tongan [PDF, 869 KB] @Home Autumn edition - March 2025 Tips for saving on your food bill [PDF, 120 KB] Looking after your wellbeing [PDF, 102 KB

  • YouTube, emojis and surfing the web – Neta is queen of them all

    Senior customer Neta has become a confident queen of emojis since taking part in a digital literacy course at her Kāinga Ora complex in South Auckland. in both Sāmoan and English, and at the end each participant could buy a Chromebook for just $50 so they could stay connected from home. Neta says her newfound

  • Hundreds more on the tools through apprenticeship programmes

    More than 500 budding tradespeople have been supported into careers over the past two years due to Kāinga Ora apprenticeship programmes. house and hopefully go back to Samoa to rebuild my village,” he told Ara after beginning his apprenticeship. “It’s never too late to study or change your career

  • 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

  • MyKāingaOra

    Check your account, rent balances, maintenance requests and so much more online using MyKāingaOra – our app just for tenants, - very much like MyMSD and MyIR. additional languages: Te Reo Maori Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Samoan Tongan Hindi To change to a different language, click the 'Languages' dropdown in

  • New homes change lives of two large Hastings families

    Tears are very close to the surface this Christmas for mum of six Paula. Her eyes glaze over when she thinks about the phone call she received from Kāinga Ora saying they had a 4 bedroom home in Hastings she could move into. .” “The hardest thing about is being homeless was deciding we could not raise our baby here. He went to family in Samoa when he was eight months old. Now he is one

  • It takes a village – locals get behind community space

    What started as an empty grass area with a small, shared pātaka kai and a community bookshelf is now a vibrant communal space with its own stage and a custom-designed mural, thanks to enthusiastic Glenavon locals. achievement and shows how much can get done when everyone comes together.” The space also features a mural by Samoan comic artist Michel Mulipola with paint donated by