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New skills and confidence from volunteering
Sep 6, 2021
We have hundreds of volunteers who offer their time and skills to support our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Our... Read More
Home repair for a deserving whanau in Ngaruawahia
Aug 25, 2021
“It created a warmer house for my kids. Somewhere nice for them to have a shower and a bath now.” A recent home repair job completed by our... Read More
Habitat for Humanity surveys homes amid destruction
Aug 19, 2021
LES CAYES, Haiti (Aug. 17, 2021) ─ Habitat for Humanity crews have fanned out in Haiti’s southwestern peninsula to survey homes in the wake of a... Read More
Habitat partners with Motueka family to achieve housing dream
Aug 5, 2021

Buster, Natalie and their three children Aaliyah-Jade (6), Malakai (4) and Zaylah (8mths) are the latest whanau to become Habitat partner families through our Progressive Home Ownership Programme.

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A warmer winter for whānau in Tāmaki Makaurau and Tai Tokerau
Aug 2, 2021
Building on and increasing our impact requires partnership with others to improve homes at scale. This year we have been partnering with Iwi across... Read More
Increased independence due to Home Repairs
Jul 16, 2021
Following a motorbike accident in 2011, Stuart found his Peria home was no longer fit for purpose. His ability to use the kitchen and bathroom were... Read More
A sense of pride from Home Repairs
Jul 7, 2021
“We were so grateful when Habitat came through and revamped the house. Before our home was very narrow and there wasn’t much space. It was... Read More
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and Habitat partnering for housing success
Jun 28, 2021

Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and Habitat for Humanity Northern Region have agreed to partner after signing a Memorandum of Agreement today.

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Creating warmer homes through Habitat’s Curtain Bank
Jun 15, 2021
Since its inception, the Curtain Bank has cut, sewn and re-purposed thousands of curtains enabling hundreds of families to live in warmer and... Read More
Community connection with Ōtara Kai Village
Jun 7, 2021
Partnering with community organisations is important to Habitat, as we believe we can do more together to support our local communities, than on our... Read More
From moving houses to owning a home in Gisborne
May 27, 2021

Gisborne homeowner Michelle Leaf began her Progressive Home Ownership journey with Habitat as a single parent of seven children – and is now proud to say her home is “full” with her six beautiful mokopuna

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Volunteer team from local business help repair Auckland home
May 26, 2021

The team from Rockwell Automation worked alongside our own build team to make minor repairs and re-paint the inside of Meli’s home in conditions that went from freezing in the morning to hot by midday.

These repairs will help keep the home warmer and drier this winter, it looks and feels great and we couldn’t have done it without them all.

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