Kāinga Ora

Kāinga Ora, officially Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, is a Crown agency that provides rental housing for New Zealanders in need. It has Crown entity status under the Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities Act 2019.

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities
Kaporeihana ā-Whare o Aotearoa
Agency overview
Formed1894 – State Advances Office
1936 – State Advances Corporation
1974 – Housing Corporation of New Zealand (HCNZ)
2001 – Housing New Zealand Corporation
2018 – Housing New Zealand (HNZ)
2019 – Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities
JurisdictionNew Zealand
HeadquartersLevel 5, 7 Waterloo Quay
Wellington 6011,
New Zealand
Employees3305 (2023)
Ministers responsible
  • Hon Chris Bishop, Minister of Housing
  • Hon Tama Potaka, Associate Minister of Housing (Social Housing)
Agency executives
  • Vui Mark Gosche, Board Chairperson
  • Andrew McKenzie, Chief Executive
Websitewww.kaingaora.govt.nz

On 1 October 2019 Kāinga Ora was formed by the merger of Housing New Zealand with its development subsidiary Homes, Land, Community (HLC) and the KiwiBuild Unit from the Ministry of Housing.

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