Bader Ventura is the first Passive House pilot development for Kāinga Ora and the first in our Carbon Neutral Housing Programme. The development is also on track to become Australasia’s first Passive House public houses funded by central government.

Several older state homes that are past their best are being replaced with 19 new warm, dry homes. Of these new
homes, 18 will be three-storey walk-up apartments constructed to Passive House standard.
– 12 x three-bedroom; and
– 6 x two-bedroom homes in three-storey walk-up apartment buildings
– 1 x four-bedroom standalone home (not part of the Passive House pilot)

Auckland needs more homes for more people, more quickly. We are underway with a number of large scale developments across Auckland, and the Mangere Development is one of these. The Mangere Development spans a number of neighbourhoods within wider Mangere and will deliver 10,000+ new homes to the area. Mangere West is one of these neighbourhoods. The Mangere West neighbourhood will see around 230 old state houses replaced with approximately 960 new warm, dry, healthy homes over the next 5–7 years. These new homes will be built for state house customers, and individuals and families who are purchasing a home on the private market.

Estimated Savings

The homes will have a reduced operational carbon footprint, and will be heated and cooled for as little as $1 per day – for our customers this means around an 85% reduction in heating costs.

♦ Heating for $1 a day: Kainga Ora’s first passive-designed social housing block is a blueprint