Mahora Te Aroha: Dwell’s Flagship Community Village

Nestled behind the bustling centre of Kilbirnie is a village of 29-homes, housing residents with low to no income, in safe, warm, healthy spaces they can call their own.

Dwell’s flagship community housing project Mahora Te Aroha has been an eight-year-long journey in which we transformed this brown-field site into quality, affordable homes for our community.

The design of the complex and individual homes incorporated feedback from existing Dwell tenants and the significant learnings of this 40-year-old organisation. The outcome is a triumph of efficient design which balances spacious, quiet, individual-homes with spaces that enable residents to gather and build community.

Find out more about all aspects of the project using the links below.