Latest from Kāinga Ora

Fire at Wellington apartment blocks roads, prompts evacuations
The fire started on the second floor, triggering two sprinklers.

Wool carpets to be rolled out in state homes
The Government has overriden fears the taxpayer would be fleeced.

'Not giving it up': Wagon battle with state housing rages on
Robyn Dandy bought the wagon to honour her late grandson and fulfil a promise.

'Going in hard': Luxon warns Kāinga Ora tenants amid policy crackdown
David Seymour is now Deputy PM, following Winston Peters.

Govt crackdown on Kāinga Ora tenants sees 63 terminated, 600% rise in warnings
Complaint response times drop from 60 days to less than 12.

Ex-Kāinga Ora boss pops up as private sector developer, eyeing Parnell
Andrew McKenzie is now a director in a company buying properties in Parnell.

Northcote's Vietnamese-built Elevation apartments near completion
'It's been challenging' – Alastair Sawer, chief executive of developer TLC Modular

Kāinga Ora appears not to care about mistreated dogs - neighbour
Three dogs in Bucklands Beach were seized and euthanised because of neglect.

Kāinga Ora to pay $15k after child ended up in Starship while living in damp home
The Tenancy Tribunal said the mother's complaints to Kāinga Ora fell on deaf ears.

How this city is bucking the national trend for new home builds
Half of the new homes were social housing or affordable rentals.

Living next door to Lorde: Meet the tenant of a state home worth almost $4m
'I feel privileged being in it. It’s very peaceful.'

Simon Wilson: Building homes and communities fit for the future
Opinion: The excellent community resilience work at risk from Government and the council.

Councillor says Govt 'abdicating' housing responsibilities
'We are not seeing an improvement on the availability of stock in town.'

Simon Wilson: How not to fix the social housing crisis
OPINION: There's good and an awful lot of bad in the Government's social housing plans.

'Growing fast': Green light for project set to unlock 3000 homes, supermarket
The project aims to unlock land for up to 3000 homes and a new supermarket in Whangārei.

Payment disputes: Kāinga Ora apartment project hits roadblock
Little has happened at a Kāinga Ora-owned building site in Rotorua for months.

Waipukurau housing project on track, mayor worries plans don’t reflect identity
The project aims to build 950 homes on 50ha over 20 years.

‘Dream does not become reality’: Steve Evans on Clever Core failure
'Thanks to all who believed in it like me, worked in it, and supported it.'

‘Goldmine’: Developers brace for $500m state home sell-off
The huge sell-off is part of the state housing agency's big cost-cutting 'reset'.

Kāinga Ora staff ‘crying in office’ over ‘horrendous’ restructure
Kāinga Ora is proposing to axe hundreds of jobs during its second round of restructuring.

‘Attack on tenants’: 673 jobs to go at Kāinga Ora
The housing agency will shed 673 roles, 195 of which are currently vacant.