Aotearoa's housing system is being rebuilt. From July 2027, the Flexible Fund becomes the single contestable pool for social housing investment — focused on the right houses, in the right places, for the right people.
The regions with the highest housing need — Te Tai Tokerau, South Auckland, Te Moana-a-Toi, Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, Heretaunga — are overwhelmingly Māori communities. Delivering for them requires more than capacity. It requires kaupapa. Te Pūtake Living is built to deliver.
— Why Te Pūtake, for Crown delivery
Te Pūtake is a Māori-led business with IP and sovereignty retained in Aotearoa. For Crown procurement focused on Māori-led delivery — particularly through the Flexible Fund — we meet the structural test, not just the optics.
Every Te Pūtake home is pre-engineered to the New Zealand Building Code and Healthy Homes Standards. Three product tiers — Kākano (1-bed), Tipu (2–3 bed), Rākau (3–5 bed) — cover the typology range procurement teams need.
We combine international manufacturing capability with New Zealand specification and oversight. This is how we deliver at the price point public housing demands — without the quality issues that have eroded trust in some imported modular product.
Delivery and installation is locally run. Foundations, services, install, handover — done by teams on the ground in the rohe where the homes land. Regional economic benefit is built into the model.
We're not here to win one contract. We're building a delivery business that aligns with Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga, Te Puni Kōkiri, and Kāinga Ora's strategic direction for the next decade.
— How we partner
We deliver against the Flexible Fund's investment priorities, in partnership with registered Community Housing Providers and Māori providers. We support evaluation requirements, programme reporting, and outcome measurement.
We deliver to standardised plan specifications and offsite manufacturing requirements, with quality assurance and compliance that meets Kāinga Ora's build programme standards. We engage through current sourcing arrangements and future procurement rounds.
We partner on Māori-led housing delivery — supporting small-scale papakāinga, kaumātua flats, and whānau homes on whenua Māori. We work alongside iwi delivery partners and post-settlement governance entities.
Papakāinga deliveryWe deliver community housing solutions for council-led developments, transitional housing programmes, and social housing partnerships. We work within district plan requirements and resource consent pathways.
— What we deliver
Three pre-engineered home tiers, configurable within each tier:
— The Flexible Fund
From July 2027, the Flexible Fund consolidates Crown investment in social and affordable housing into a single contestable pool. It replaces Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga and other legacy programmes, with funding directed primarily through Community Housing Providers and Māori providers in its first rounds.
Procurement for the first round opens in early 2026. Delivery flows from July 2027.
What this means for delivery partners:
Te Pūtake is structured for this environment. If your organisation is building a Flexible Fund-aligned pipeline, we should be talking now — not in 2027.
— Priority regions
Te Pūtake delivers across Aotearoa, with particular focus on the regions of highest housing need. We also deliver in the main centres — Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Tauranga, Christchurch — where demand remains high.
— Procurement & engagement
A no-obligation discussion of your programme, timeline, and procurement context.
We provide formal documentation including company structure, insurance, H&S, references, and product specifications.
For specific opportunities, we conduct feasibility and indicative pricing.
We respond to RFPs, EOIs, and direct procurement processes.
Fixed-price, milestone-based contracts with clear deliverables and reporting.
— Frequently asked
The current Kāinga Ora Modular & Pre-Fabricated panel is closed to new applications. We engage with Kāinga Ora through direct procurement, partnership delivery, and the upcoming procurement rounds tied to the Flexible Fund and the Housing Investment Plan.
No — we are a build delivery partner. We work alongside registered CHPs and Māori providers who hold the tenancy and ownership relationships with whānau and tenants.
Yes. Every Te Pūtake home is engineered and built to meet or exceed the New Zealand Building Code and Healthy Homes Standards, with full code of compliance on handover.
We use hybrid manufacturing — international capability built to New Zealand specification, with local installation and handover. This is how we deliver at the price point public housing requires, while maintaining the quality standards we and our partners demand.
Three things: NZ specification from design through manufacture (not adapted after the fact), local installation by teams in the rohe, and Māori-led ownership and IP. We've watched the imported container-style modular product struggle for community acceptance — that's not the model we run.
From single homes through to multi-home papakāinga and social housing programmes. Talk to us about specific programme volumes — we'll be straight about what we can deliver, by when, and at what price.
Te Pūtake is Māori-led. Our framework is Te Ao Māori. For Crown procurement with Te Tiriti obligations, we meet the structural test — Māori ownership, Māori governance, Māori delivery — not just the procurement scoring criteria.
It will be defined by who can deliver at scale, in the right places, for the communities of highest need — without losing the kaupapa. If your agency is shaping a programme, building a pipeline, or evaluating delivery partners, we'd welcome a conversation.