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  • Students lay the foundation for a career in trades

    The Kāinga Ora Downer cadetship programme is winding up another successful year teaming school students up with maintenance contractors to learn the skills of a trade. chance to gain hands-on experience with Panorama Painters. “I currently take a building course at the MIT Tec Park in Manukau, and this programme has helped me see a

  • UCOL | Te Pūkenga students design community spaces for Kāinga Ora customers

    Kāinga Ora is upgrading 24 apartments at Brentwood Avenue in Palmerston North to make them warmer, drier and healthier. Zealand Diploma in Architectural Technology second-year students visited the Brentwood Avenue site in September to look at potential community spaces. They

  • House built at Rimutaka Prison for a whānau in need

    One of the first houses to be built at Rimutaka Prison, as part of a partnership between Kāinga Ora and WelTec, will soon be transported to its permanent site. themselves by earning skills and qualifications which can help them gain good long-term jobs when they are released”. “This in turn gives them a better chance

  • Thrift and connection – Diana inspires her neighbours

    Avid knitter Diana has discovered an innovative way to use discarded plastic - she knits it into eye-catching bags and phone cases, which she gifts and sells within her community. joy to know that I’m making things that will have a second chance at life. Necessity is the mother of invention,” says Diana. The long-time Kāinga Ora customer

  • Building a pipeline of apprentices

    Kāinga Ora has helped more than 70 young people into an apprenticeship with the assistance of training and pastoral care providers. challenges, but he prefers to look on the bright side. “It’s given us a chance to pause and reflect on what’s really important – family, friends and finding

  • Hard work pays off for young family

    Buying your first home is an accomplishment in itself, but it’s even more remarkable when you’re a young couple who came to New Zealand as refugees. local kindergarten round the corner – and now goes to the local primary school. A couple of years later, the couple welcomed their second child, Prajal, who will

  • Etu Rakau: creating a circular economy by connecting community

    Rata Taiwhanga is determined to cultivate connection – to build the type of community he wished for while growing up in a Kāinga Ora home. At one of our properties in Mangere, he’s secured nearly $80,000 to do just that. māra [garden].” At the February workshop, students quite literally laid the groundwork for this to happen – in a matter of minutes, they set up the second

  • A great place to work

    We asked some of our people what makes Kāinga Ora different to other workplaces, and the answer was unanimous: "I love getting the chance to make a difference and work with a team of people that care about me". through on-the-job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities. We have a range of Benefits that include: Activity-Based Working (ABW) - is

  • First Home Loan

    A First Home Loan can make it easier for you to get into your first home by lowering the required deposit to 5%. price of the home you are interested in buying (inclusive of all savings, grants, first-home withdrawals, and gifts) be purchasing a home for you to live in as

  • Home

    Home Loan A First Home Loan can make it easier for you to get into your first home by lowering the required deposit to 5%. KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal If you