Kainga Ora continues to build homes on land known to be prone to flooding, or soon will be.
The agency says most of those decisions were made before it requested a report from NIWA, detailing risks of climate change to its properties.
While Kainga Ora has increased its focus on flood mitigation, Mangere Housing Community Reference Group member Jo Latif says it's taken too long to consider the impact of climate change.
Jo Latif speaks to Corin Dann.