Habitat for Humanity Central Region is working to build strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter in communities from Tuakau to Wellington. Please click on the below links to learn more about our programmes, or scroll down to download Central’s application forms.

Home Repair Programme – application form

Progressive Home Ownership guide for applicants

Progressive Home Ownership – Expression of Interest

Progressive Home Ownership – Application form

Our services


Progressive Home Ownership

Home Repair Programme

Social and affordable rentals


Habitat offers a hand up, not a hand out through all its work. Families invest whatever is within their ability to make a better life for themselves, while showing a willingness to partner with Habitat.


Subsidised heat pumps and insulation

Up to 80% off the cost of an installed heat pump.
Heater grants capped at $3,000 incl. GST
Eligibility criteria and conditions apply.

Find out if you’re eligible:
Call us on 07 849 0284
email at [email protected]

Skinny Jump

Jump is a low-cost prepaid broadband service for eligible Kiwi homes: Only $5 for 30GB of data, no contracts or credit checks, and the modem comes free of charge. Click here to know more. 

Want to apply?
Call us on 07 849 0284
email at [email protected]

Freeman Court

Independent living facility, in the heart of Te Awamutu

Established in 1979 by the community, for the community, Freeman Court is not a rest home or retirement village, but a place that provides services to support independent living for seniors.

Freeman Court extends its support to the local community by offering delivery of nutritious hot meals, five days a week for $10.50 per meal.

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Volunteer with us


Volunteers are the heart of Habitat for Humanity

With Habitat for Humanity, you have the opportunity to build in your community and also in communities around the world.

Volunteering for Habitat is an incredibly rewarding experience-we work on a hand up, not a hand out philosophy, so you know that you are giving people a hand up in addressing their housing needs and paving a way to a better life for them.

Click here to learn more about volunteer opportunities

 

 

 

 

 

Our Partners


A big thank you to all trusts, foundations, individuals and businesses who have supported us over the last year. Thanks for your support of our mission of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. We are committed to helping as many families as we can and to continuously develop the ways we help so we can meet the diverse need of our communities.

News from the Central Region


A place to call home

Tuterangiwhiu and Carmen are one of three families in Sanctuary Point, Tauranga, who are working towards home ownership within the next 10 years through Habitat for Humanity's Progressive Home Ownership programme. The Te Arawa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa whānau were sharing...

When it rains, it pours – Habitat Home Repair remedies leaky roof worries

Priced out of the Auckland market, Triyoga and her husband Kaderi, a bus driver, made the decision to leave the bright city lights behind and move to Te Kuiti with their daughter (now 8) to purchase their first home. Their 1950s house sits on a hill with views...

Opportunity knocks for Papamoa future homeowner

Kristy Knox’s kids are at the forefront of all her decisions. When a Habitat for Humanity Progressive Home Ownership opportunity came up in Papamoa, Kristy, who works in recruitment, saw it as not just a chance to work towards owning her first home, but also to help...

Repairs for a warmer, drier winter

A Habitat for Humanity Home Repair loan has helped ensure Charles, from Horotiu, is ready for winter. Habitat Central Region has supported Charles, a pensioner, to complete repairs on his home, including having the roof replaced and a new heat pump installed. Charles’...

Delivery driver for a day

AMI team member Rae Guard took up the opportunity last week to deliver fresh, nutritious meals direct to people’s homes through Habitat’s meal delivery service, run by Freeman Court. The Te Awamutu resident, who enjoys interacting with people from all walks of life,...

Waking up with the warm fuzzies in her new home

Registered nurse and parent Lauren, from Upper Hutt, never thought she’d own her own home, until one day she happened to see a post on a friend’s Facebook page about Habitat for Humanity’s Progressive Home Ownership opportunities in Wallaceville Estate. After doing a...

From one room to a whole house – Habitat supports whānau to achieve their housing dream

A Te Arawa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa whānau from Rotorua are excited to have a place to call their own, partnering with Habitat for Humanity to end a long search for suitable housing. Te reo Māori teacher Tuterangiwhiu, his wife Carmen, who is self-employed, and their two...

International Women’s Day: Empowering women with knowledge and skills to find suitable rental housing

Habitat for Humanity partner with motivated women year-round to improve their access to safe and secure housing in New Zealand. For single mums Chrissi-Rae and Amy, Habitat Central’s Ready to Rent course provided the support, information, and empowerment they needed...

Habitat Home Repair helps preserve whānau home

For Carol, of Ngāti Wairere, her home in Gordonton is part of her identity. “It’s part of who I am. There’s a lot of heart in this whenua and both my parents and my grandparents put a lot of energy into this place. It’s my turn to pay that back,” Carol said. The...

Habitat Ready to Rent course helps young mum find a rental

Hamilton mum Chrissi-Rae was jumping with joy when she found out she’d secured a rental property for her and her then five-month-old baby.  She’d been living in emergency housing for six months, after leaving a domestic violence situation, and had lost hope of finding...

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     Address: Level 1, Habitat House, 422 Te Rapa Road, Te Rapa,                                    Hamilton 3200

     Contact: 07 849 0284 | [email protected]

     Opening Hours: Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm

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