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Greater Christchurch: Housing Programme
Kāinga Ora / Christchurch City Council · Canterbury
Kāinga Ora's Christchurch programme: post-earthquake urban renewal and new social housing, redeveloping existing Kāinga Ora land and partnering with local developers. No programme total has been published, so no figure is shown. Delivery was cut back by the 2024 review of Kāinga Ora and the February 2025 turnaround plan, which refocused the agency as a landlord rather than a developer and scrapped hundreds of developments nationally.
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Favourable signals Data: Medium
Delivery Confidence Score, 0 to 100, higher is better: a ranking of how strong this project's delivery signals are, not a probability. It blends eight factors, including the election risk and policy alignment shown below.
Each axis is a scoring factor (0 to 100)
Data current as at 13 Jun 2026, when the pipeline was last checked against its source.
Key facts
- Region
- Canterbury
- Sector
- Housing
- Status
- Under Construction
- Estimated value
- Value TBC
- Indicative completion
- 2028
- Funding status
- Part Funded
- Lead organisation
- Kāinga Ora / Christchurch City Council
- Election risk
- Medium
Election risk assessment
Kāinga Ora programme cuts affect Christchurch housing development.
Government priority alignment
COUNTER: Reduced under the 2024 Kāinga Ora cuts, counter to current housing priorities.
Chronology
- 2017Kāinga Ora expands Christchurch programme: earthquake recovery still underway
- 2020Urban renewal programme: Linwood, New Brighton, Wainoni social housing upgrades
- 2022Multiple sites under construction across Christchurch
- 2024National's Kāinga Ora cuts affect Christchurch programme. Several sites deferred
- 2028Reduced programme target