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Four new Progressive Home Ownership homes in Pukekohe
Sep 22, 2021
As part of our housing provision, we provide a Progressive Home Ownership (PHO) programme supporting working families into homeownership. We are... Read More
Habitat Youth Leadership Board representative, Taylor Kennard
Sep 20, 2021
Taylor, who is in her third year at AUT studying criminology and volunteering with Habitat since early 2020, was recently nominated to represent... Read More
Habitat home life-changing for Motueka family
Sep 15, 2021
Before partnering with Habitat for Humanity Nelson through its Progressive Home Ownership Programme Storm and her two children Delphi (10) and Zkaia... Read More
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
Buster partner family Motueka 2021
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