Welcome to the Kāinga Ora Community Newsletter
West Coast, May 2025
Welcome to the Kāinga Ora community newsletter for the West Coast region. This newsletter provides updates about the Kāinga Ora homes planned for this region.
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Our newsletters include new updates to projects since the previous newsletter, which was in December 2024. Between newsletters or for an overview of each project, you can keep up to date by visiting our West Coast website.
Read on to find out about:
What's happening in your Neighbourhood?
Site specific updates
What's happening in your Neighbourhood?
Kāinga Ora is continuing to deliver social housing projects across the region.
In our last newsletter we shared that some of our social housing developments were under assessment, while we confirmed our Build programme for the next two years.
As decisions have been made, we have updated, and will continue to update, the information on our interactive maps (Westport, Greymouth and Hokitika) and the upcoming newsletters. If a site is still showing as under assessment, this means no decisions have been made about that particular site.
Where a project has changed from being under assessment to proceeding, it means we are now progressing with the design phase of the project, which will be followed by the resource consent stage. This may include a redesign of previous site designs communicated for a site.
Please note: Like all developers, our plans can change as we progress through planning and consenting processes, and in some cases, the project may not proceed.
Site specific updates:
Westport:
11-13 Haselden Street, Westport
Construction on four single-level two-bedroom homes is underway and proceeding well. It is currently anticipated that South Peak Homes will complete these homes in June 2025, pending no unforeseen delays to the project.
Click here to see a progress picture
This site is no longer under assessment and redevelopment plans are progressing on this site.
Kāinga Ora is proposing to build eight new single-level homes, consisting of four one-bedroom homes and four two-bedroom home. Previously we had communicated that we were looking to build eight one-bedroom homes. An amendment to the resource consent application was lodged in April 2025.
If these plans go ahead, we would be looking to deliver them by June 2026.
To view the site plan, click here
This site has changed from 'under assessment' and is now in the 'changed confirmed' phase of the project. This means redevelopment plans are progressing for this site, which will see site investigations undertaken, to help finalise a feasible design option. At this stage Kāinga Ora is exploring options that include two homes for this site. If these plans go ahead, we would be looking to deliver them by June 2026.
Greymouth:
14-16 Doyle Street, Greymouth
Brown and Son Construction 2009 Limited is currently building eight new accessible two-bedroom homes, which Kāinga Ora will take ownership of once construction is complete and agreement conditions met. It's anticipated that these homes will be completed in June 2025.
Due to a change with this contract, please note that the company that we now have an agreement with has changed from Westland Homes Limited to Brown & Son Construction 2009 Limited. We previously communicated that these homes would be built to accessible standards, however this has been changed to Full Universal Design (FUD) standards. You can find out more about FUD standards here: Accessibility at Kāinga Ora :: Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities
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55 High Street, Greymouth
Kumara Junction Developments Limited is currently building four new two-bedroom homes, which Kāinga Ora will take ownership of once construction is complete and agreement conditions met. Completion is anticipated to be in mid-2025.
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39 Shakespeare Street,
Greymouth
Kumara Junction Developments Limited is currently building five new two-bedroom homes, which Kāinga Ora will take ownership of once construction and agreement conditions met. Completion is anticipated to be in early-2026.
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18
Tasman Street, Greymouth
KR Construction Limited is currently building seven new two-bedroom homes and a three-bedroom home, which Kāinga Ora will take ownership of once construction is complete and agreement conditions met. Completion is anticipated to be in late-2025.
45-51 Ward Street, Cobden, Greymouth
Redevelopment plans are progressing for this site. The resource consent application has now been lodged for this site. The eight two-bedroom homes proposed for this site will be built offsite through the Rolleston Prison Programme and transported into place after site preparations are carried out.
If these plans go ahead, we would be looking to deliver them by June 2026.
46-48 Firth Street, Cobden, Greymouth
This project is under assessment.
Hokitika:
105 Fitzherbert Street and Hampden Street
Hammer Down Developments is currently building two new two-bedroom homes, which Kāinga Ora will take ownership of once construction is complete and agreement conditions met. Completion is anticipated to be in mid-2025.
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132-136 Hoffman Street
This redevelopment will deliver five new homes, consisting of four three-bedroom and one four-bedroom homes. Construction on these homes is well underway, and at this stage completion is anticipated for August 2025.
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Or browse our region-specific maps:
Questions?
If you have any questions or would like to discuss anything further, please contact our local Community Engagement and Partnerships Team:
Call: 0800 801 601 (ask to be transferred to Nelson Marlborough West Coast Engagement Team)
Email: nmwc.engagement@kaingaora.govt.nz
Alternatively, you can fill in our enquiries and feedback form.
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