PSA: Hundreds of Kāinga Ora jobs under threat

4th April 2025 By Staff Reporter | news@propertyticker.co.nz | @propertyticker

The Public Service Association says a net 673 roles could be axed at Kāinga Ora over the next year, including 195 roles that are currently vacant – a third of the housing agency’s workforce.

“With other cuts made last year, all up, a third of the workforce would be axed because of the government’s ideological refusal to invest in Kāinga Ora despite a record number of houses being built by the agency,” said PSA national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons.

“The government has been deliberately catastrophising about Kāinga Ora’s finances to suit its privatisation agenda.”

Kāinga Ora is the country’s largest landlord and owns or manages more than 72,000 properties.