Te Mahia Community Village is an emergency accommodation and transitional housing village, made up of self-contained cabins. Emergency cabins are for short stays of 7 days at a time. Transitional cabins are for medium-term stays of 12 weeks at a time. Some cabins come fully furnished, and every cabin has a kitchenette and a bathroom with shower, toilet and vanity. Power and water are included in the cost of accommodation. The village is at 4 Cunningham Place, Takanini. The site lists the main office on 09 298 0499, and 09 553 6526 for after-hours calls or messages for tenants.
Residents can use the village's communal areas: a recreation hall with a large-screen TV and SKY, a free park BBQ, communal kitchens and a coin-operated laundry. A new playground and landscaped area in the north of the village have just been completed. The site says the village works with the NZ Police and a range of NGOs, and that community organisations visit weekly or monthly with services and food days. The village also organises events through the year, including Easter, Halloween, Guy Fawkes and Christmas, along with day trips. The site says the village has been managed for almost two decades.