Ōwairaka
Just minutes from Auckland city centre, you’ll find a vibrant, thriving place called Ōwairaka. Local cafés and cultural flavours have shaped the boutique village vibe in this community lined by leafy streets. Our work in Ōwairaka protects nature and prepares our place for growth. When we’ve finished, more than 1,100 new homes will have been built here.
Own your place in Ōwairaka
Nearly 500 homes have already been built, and more homes for sale are on their way.
The new homes here are architecturally designed and come with all the comforts you need to live well. Our developer partners are building places that are modern and filled with light. They’re places where you can raise a family, comfortably commute to work, or get quick access to the great outdoors.
When our work is finished, Ōwairaka will have 1,164 new homes across the neighbourhood:
- 289 Kāinga Ora social homes
- 875 market homes, built by working with our development partners.
As of June 2026, we have:
- Completed 460+ homes in Ōwairaka
- About 360 homes currently under construction
Are you looking to buy a home? Whatever stage of the homeownership journey you’re on, we have plenty of modern, high-quality new homes in all shapes and sizes, for all ages and stages. They’re available right now in Roskill.
Civil works complete
Oakley Creek is cleaner and our homes are safer thanks to our pipe, park and road upgrades.
The major upgrade works we’ve finished in Ōwairaka do two key things: protect the homes already here, and help us prepare for growth.
Our infrastructure projects, also known as civil works, have made Te Auaunga Oakley Creek healthier. Larger pipes – some big enough to walk through – mean raw sewage no longer flows into our stream during heavy rain. The same pipes also safely bring our homes fresh water, help it drain, and flush away our waste.
To build the upgrades, we had to pull about 7,000 cubic metres of ancient volcanic rock from the earth. These basalt chunks were then donated for people to use when building streams, water courses and sea defences. In one case, an artist carved a piece of this basalt into a beautiful sculpture that now sits in the courtyard of another Auckland housing development.
Most of all, these upgrades mean we can safely build hundreds of new homes in Ōwairaka. Here’s a snapshot of the infrastructure we built:
- 4.7km of new stormwater pipes
- 99 manholes
- 1650mm – the diameter of some of the new stormwater pipes
- 1.3km of new wastewater pipes
- 9km of power and communications cables moved underground
- 3 new stormwater outlets
- 13,000 new plants and trees
- 68 new streetlights
- 2km of upgraded roads
- 6.2km of new concrete footpaths
- 650m of new roads
- 435m – the length of sliplined and cured-in-place pipes, fed underground without the need to dig trenches