in Kaikohe
For the past two years, the only homes Doug Karanga has known have been his car and other people’s couches.
Now his luck has changed at last, with the young Northlander and his parents due to move into a newly built Kāinga Ora home this Thursday.
The Karangas’ home is one of five launched on Monday by Kāinga Ora, formerly Housing New Zealand, on what was previously one section on Kaikohe’s Rankin St.
Despite the huge need for housing across Northland, especially in Kaikohe, they are the first new public homes built in the Mid-North town in decades.
Link to article: Kāinga Ora opens new social housing complex in Kaikohe - NZ Herald
