Creating permanently affordable homes and regenerative villages.
ORA is a limited-profit, mission-led developer that reinvests value into affordability, quality, and community rather than solely extracting profit. We build neighbourhoods where people, whānau, and communities can thrive — places shaped by connection, affordability, and regeneration.
We do this through three core functions:
1. Permanently Affordable Homes
ORA delivers homes that are genuinely affordable for local households — aligned with incomes, accessible from day one, and protected from speculation forever. We reduce costs through our limited-profit model and preserve affordability through clear, transparent resale rules.
2. Steward Land for Future Generations
Through the ORA Whenua Trust — our version of a Community Land Trust — land is held in guardianship, not sold to speculators. Homeowners purchase the dwelling only, while the Trust protects affordability, stability, and community purpose for the long term.
3. Regenerative Villages
Guided by the regenerative principles, ORA designs neighbourhoods that strengthen people, place, and planet. Every project is grounded in connection, ecological wellbeing, local identity, and long-term stewardship.
What We Build
ORA’s model is flexible and can be applied across a wide range of project types and scales:
- Small regenerative developments (≈20 homes) — standalone or semi-detached homes in low density environments.
- Medium-density residential (50–100 homes) — terraces, walk-ups, or apartments around shared spaces and gardens.
- Mixed-use developments — homes combined with local enterprise, retail, co-working, commercial, and community spaces.
- Precinct-scale masterplanned projects — where ORA participates as one of the precinct’s development partners, delivering affordable homes and contributing to shared spaces, energy systems, and neighbourhood outcomes.
- Revitalising town centres and small towns — leading partnered efforts with councils and communities to bring life back into declining main streets, neighbourhoods, and local economies
From intimate 20-home neighbourhoods to the revitalisation of entire town centres, every ORA project helps grow a more thriving, resilient, and beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to support the revitalisation of communities through affordable homes, long-term stewardship, and beautiful, connected neighbourhoods.
This is Housing-Led Regeneration.