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Kainga Ora layoffs

We've tracked 2 rounds of Kainga Ora layoffs between Sep 2024 and May 2025, affecting 941 people in total. None of these cuts were publicly blamed on AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.

People affected

941

Across tracked announcements

Announcements

2

Sep 2024 → May 2025

AI-attributed

0%

Of affected people

Every tracked announcement

  1. −620

    The housing agency confirmed a restructure removing 620 mostly back office and corporate roles.

    About the figure: 194 of the 620 roles were vacant.

    Source: RNZ

  2. −321

    The New Zealand social housing agency announced a second round of restructuring on top of 232 roles already cut.

    Source: RNZ

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