Te Toi Mahana

28/09/2026

🥮 Some of our tenants celebrated Mooncake Festival last week with a group mooncake-making session, led by tenant volunteer Bing! They made over 200 (!!) mooncakes and 40 steamed flower rolls. Some of the mooncakes were brought to a community meal of celebration by our friends at Seeds to Feeds ❤️

To all who participated, thank you for bringing the joy and spirit of generosity into our communities - ngā mihi nui ki a koutou!

25/09/2026

☀️ A sunny day in Pōneke doesn't go to waste for our youth football club! Over a dozen young people join us every week for football, organised with BGI (Wellington Boys' and Girls' Institute) and New Zealand Red Cross. ⚽️ Tamariki and rangatahi living in our homes get a chance to participate in activities catered just for them, and as school holidays approach, we've got a great schedule of events lined up.

17/09/2026

Te Wāhanga Tuarua tēnei o te whakawhiti kōrero me Marama Te Kira mō Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori! This is part two of the conversation with Marama Te Kira. Here she chats about the many languages she speaks, teaching te reo Māori at Central Park, and what she hopes to see happen to celebrate the Indigenous language of Aotearoa more. Ngā mihi nui Marama for sharing your whakaaro and for all you do for the hapori!

14/09/2026

✨️ Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is here!✨️ Everyday - and especially this wiki - is a chance to celebrate te reo Māori, the original language of Aotearoa. Our Community Development Advisor, Bruce Hamill, sat down at Pukehīnau māra kai for a beautiful kōrero with one of our amazing tenants Marama Te Kira. Marama runs the māra kai and also regular te reo Māori classes at Central Park. Here's wāhanga tuatahi (part 1) of their kōrero.

13/09/2026

Kia ora Business Central Magazine, thanks for the feature article! Always happy to talk about how we are improving our services to ensure we can better support our tenants and build more homes for our community 🙂

Te Toi Mahana is helping shape the future of social housing in Wellington, providing safe, warm and affordable homes for almost 3,000 people across the region. With a people-first approach, the organisation is focused on creating positive outcomes for tenants and the wider community.

From proactive asset management to plans for 500 new homes over the next decade, Te Toi Mahana is working to ensure more people have a place to call home while building stronger, more connected communities.

Full story👇

07/09/2026

We are so proud of our kaimahi who have been nominated for not one, not two, but all FIVE categories of this year's Wellington Property People Awards by the Property Council New Zealand!

👏 Olivia Brinsdon (Manager – Rehousing Operations) for Young Achiever of the Year Award
👏 Matthew Serle (Manager – Land and Construction) for Property Profession of the Year Award
👏 Jonathan Manns (CE) for Outstanding Leadership Award
👏 Jamie Berwick Shackleton (Manager - Community Development) for Sustainability Champion Award
👏 And our amazing Facilities Maintenance team, for Best Team Award!

It is a real honour to be recognised through these awards, and we're excited to be amongst some heavyweights in this year's finalists list. Congratulations to all our kaimahi, and thank you to Property Council New Zealand!

https://www.propertynz.co.nz/property-people-awards/wellington

02/09/2026

Congratulations to Peter Hooper, a tenant who was recently nominated for the Community Champion prize! Peter was nominated by the kaimahi at Grey Power New Zealand Federation Inc, an advocacy group for older people, which Peter plays an active role in.

Said Colleen Singleton, President of Grey Power Wellington Central, "Peter is an active member of the Association’s Committee. Peter has encouraged tenants to join us at some of our activities and plays an active part at our meetings. He brings a unique perspective to the discussions as his working life has given him a different experience on most of the topics. He is a deep thinker and makes a very useful contribution to our work."

Congrats Peter, well deserved!

💫The monthly Te Toi Mahana Community Champion Awards recognise tenants who go above and beyond for their community – whether that is organising events, helping neighbours, supporting cultural kaupapa, or anything that contributes to the making our tenant community a stronger and a more supportive environment for everyone.

💫Tenants can be nominated by fellow tenants, Te Toi Mahana staff or partner organisations. Each month the winning tenant will receive a $100 supermarket voucher (sponsored by New World Metro Willis Street).

01/09/2026

Ngā mihi Waatea News, thank you for having us on your show to talk about how we are supporting our tenant whānau with a $8.54 million support package 🏠

31/08/2026

We announced today that up to 1,000 of our tenants will benefit from $8.54 million in rental subsidy support, helping to manage rent increases following major housing upgrades from HUP2 and preserve rent-freeze support for eligible older tenants. Read more about this story on our website.

Up to 1,000 Wellington social housing tenants will benefit from $8.54 million in rental subsidy support, helping to manage rent increases following major housing upgrades and preserve rent-freeze support for eligible older tenants.  Te Toi Mahana, Wellington’s largest residential landlord and lea...

26/08/2026

Tenants who filled out this year's Tenant Satisfaction Survey could enter into a lucky draw for a one in five chance of winning $200 supermarket vouchers! Congratulations to all five of our lucky draw winners - including Faiza, pictured here - and to New World Newtown for partially sponsoring these prizes. Thanks to all who generously filled out the survey this year; we're grateful for your feedback, as always. 🫶

We'll be releasing the results of the survey soon so watch this space!