Kāinga Ora places people from the Housing Register into our homes, providing tenancy services to public housing tenants, and maintains and develops public houses. We are charged with delivering more public, transitional and affordable housing to help meet supply and leading and coordinating urban development projects.

The outcomes we are asked to achieve as Kāinga Ora go beyond being a social landlord or urban development agency, and our legislative framework puts in place operating principles that enable us to have a much larger impact on New Zealand and the quality of New Zealanders’ lives.

This mandate is reflected in our Vision Statement:

Building better, brighter homes, communities and lives.

We’ve been given a broader range of responsibilities, customers and stakeholders to work with, and the foundations for our success begin with a deep understanding of communities and the challenges they face right across New Zealand.

Fundamentally we are an organisation that cares and aligned to our values of:

Manaakitanga – People at the heart

Mahi Tahi – Better together

Whanake – Be bold

Our core purpose as an organisation is to make a positive difference in people’s lives.