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Maori Housing

Last week’s Maori Housing Conference held at Waitangi was definitely one to remember.

The Programme for the National Maori Housing Conference is now available, and can be accessed here.

This important event is to be held at Copthorne Paihia, Bay of Islands, on 26-28 March 2012. It is being organised by the Te Matapihi - He Tirohanga Mo Te Iwi Trust which formed as a result of post-conference activity following the inaugural National Maori Housing Conference two years ago.

With the formal establishment this week of the Te Matapihi - He Tirohanga Mo Te Iwi Trust a new voice has arrived to take up the challenge of backing the need to boost Māori housing initiatives in order to meet current and future housing needs.
 
Te Matapihi has arisen from the National Māori Housing Conference held at Te Papaiouru Marae in Rotorua in March 2010, and a Wananga held at Mataatua Marae, Mangere in May of this year.
 

A performance audit report, 'Government planning and support for housing on Māori land, Ngā whakatakotoranga kaupapa me te tautoko a te Kāwanatanga ki te hanga whare i runga i te whenua Māori' provides a useful resource for whanau to access Government planning and support for housing on their whanau whenua according to Mrs Turia.