8 May 2026
M Roberston
[email address]
Dear M Roberston
Thank you for your request of 9 April 2026 asking Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities to
reconsider some aspects of the response it provided to a request you made under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
I have considered your email and the suggestions you have made and can provide the
following response.
You can visit our website at
https://kaingaora.govt.nz/en-NZ/about-us/our-leadership-and-
governance for information on our senior leadership team. I have attached a table which
provides information on most of the salary bands Kainga Ora uses, including for the roles of
staff working from the Takanini office. Kāinga Ora does not use remuneration ranges or pay
steps. Employees at Kāinga Ora are paid the same remuneration rate to perform the same
job. This table does not specify which roles are in which band. It is the view of Kāinga Ora
that listing this information would make it possible to identify the salary of individuals,
particularly in cases where there is only one individual, or one in individual in a specific
office, fil ing a role.
I am refusing your request for details of complaints about the Takanini office or its staff under
section 18(f) of the Act, as ‘
the information cannot be made available without substantial
collation or research.’ When records of all contacts recorded between 1 January 2024 and 6
March 2026 are filtered by the Papakura local board, which covers Takanini, there are
almost 700 contacts recorded. In order to provide details of all complaints, or even to
categorise them, each record would need to be looked at individually to determine whether it
falls within the relevant area and whether it relates to a complaint about the office or its staff
before recording the details. This method would also not necessarily capture all complaints
received and an additional email search, requiring looking at individual emails to confirm and
categorise, would also be required.
I can provide you with a list of our generic and publicly accessible contact channels. All
communication with Kāinga Ora staff should begin through one of these channels, so
queries can be referred to the appropriate person or team. While sometimes people are then
provided with an individual’s email or phone number, going through these public channels
ensures requests or complaints are stil followed up on when an individual staff member is
away, has moved into a different role, or has left Kāinga Ora. These public contact channels
include:
• Our Customer Support Centre: 0800 801 601 or
[email address] for general enquiries
• The enquiries and feedback form on our website at
https://kaingaora.govt.nz/en_NZ/contact-us/kainga-ora-feedback-form/

• Email
[email address] for issues relating to a shared
boundary, such us a request to build or make improvements to a shared
fence
• Email
[email address] for help with our home
ownership products
• Email
[Kāinga Ora request email] to make an Official Information Act
request
You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to review my decision. There is information about
how to make a complaint at
https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by freephone on 0800
802 602.
Yours sincerely
Emma Atkins
Manager Ministerial Services