20 Oct 2026
3 hours ago
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Kāinga Ora has smashed its savings target, significantly reduced the cost of building social homes, and improved its performance as a landlord, Housing Minister Chris Bishop and Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka say. "The latest results in Kainga Ora’s annual report for 2025/26 show the Government's turnaround of the agency is delivering better value for taxpayers and better outcomes for tenants," Mr Bishop says. "When we came into Government, Kāinga Ora was financially unsustainable.
30 Jan 2026
8 months ago
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A restoration project on Northland’s Kōwhairoa Peninsula Historic Reserve aims to reestablish 110 hectares of native forest through planting 132,000 native trees and pest control, supported by $1.54 million in government funding. Led by Te Komanga Marae Trust and guided by ecologist Dr. Adam Forbes, the initiative revives a culturally and ecologically significant site cleared by early settlers, using locally-sourced seeds. The project, launched in 2019 and funded under the Provincial Growth Fund’s One Billion Trees programme, is progressing well and expected to be completed by the end of 2026.