Large-scale projects
Last updated: 22 May 2025 Large-scale projects are urban redevelopment projects that focus on social housing renewal and infrastructure upgrades in locations where many social houses are reaching the end of their useful lives.
About large-scale projects
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities (Kāinga Ora) delivers large-scale projects in partnership with local community, councils, private developers, and iwi. Currently there are six large-scale projects: five across Auckland (Mount Roskill, Māngere, Tāmaki, Oranga and Northcote) and one in eastern Porirua.
Read about large-scale projects on the Kāinga Ora website(external link)
As part of recent changes to the role of Kāinga Ora in 2025, large-scale projects have recently been refocused on social housing renewal.
The primary objective of the large-scale projects is to enable social housing renewal in a manner that addresses climate risks and reflects changing needs of the social housing portfolio.
While the primary focus of Kāinga Ora is social housing renewal, the large-scale projects continue to support some market housing delivery, in cases where it complements social housing renewal and provides overall value for money.
Housing Acceleration Fund funding
To date, large-scale project infrastructure upgrades have largely been funded through the Housing Acceleration Fund, alongside council funding.
Read more about the Housing Acceleration Fund(external link)
Budget 2021 set aside a starting budget of $2.3 billion for large-scale projects of Housing Acceleration Fund funding to bring forward infrastructure investments in the six large-scale projects.
Budget 2024 reduced the overall large-scale project funding by $435 million to a total of $1.868 billion. Budget 2025 readjusted the funding by $125 million, to a total of $1.743 billion.
Related work
Land for housing programme
The land for housing programme acquires vacant or under-utilised Crown and private land that’s suitable for residential housing development.
Land for housing is active throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, working in collaboration with Māori and private developers to increase housing supply through the construction of a mix of affordable, public and market-priced homes.
Land for housing - Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development(external link)
Infrastructure Acceleration Fund
This fund unlocks a mix of private sector-led and government-led developments in locations facing the biggest housing supply and affordability challenges.