Hauraki whānau congratulated on house repair programme

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
Māori Development

 Māori Development Minister Hon Nanaia Mahuta today congratulated Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki on the completion of much needed housing repairs in the Hauraki region.

“I am pleased to see seven whare have been repaired for Hauraki whānau so they will live in warm, dry and secure homes.

“Critical and essential repairs are funded to reduce the number of Māori living in unsafe or substandard housing situations,” said Hon Nanaia Mahuta.

Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki, an iwi-based provider of health and wellness services, received $110,000 of Māori Housing Network funding in September last year. This allowed them to conduct 10 whare repair assessments, repair seven of the most critical homes and run maintenance workshops for whanau.

Minister Mahuta commended Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki, Franzen Maintenance, and the wider community for their commitment to improving the standard of living for Māori.

“Repairs projects funded through the Māori Housing Network assist Māori home-owners by encouraging good repair and maintenance practices and empower rōpū Māori and whānau to take ownership of the quality of their housing.

“Housing developments and repairs have significant potential to improve the social, cultural, economic and environmental wellbeing of all our Māori communities,” said Nanaia Mahuta.   

Kua whakamihia te kaupapa whakapaipai whare o te whānau Hauraki  

I whakamihia Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki i te rangi nei e te Minita Whanaketanga Māori te Hōnore Nanaia Mahuta i te whakatutukinga o ngā whakapaipai whare e tino hiahiatia ana i te rohe o Hauraki. 

“Kua harikoa te ngākau kia kite kua whakapaitia ngā whare e whitu o te whānau Hauraki, kia pai ai tā rātou noho ki ngā whare mahana, maroke, haumaru anō hoki, te kī a te Hōnore Nanaia Mahuta. 

“Kua whai pūtea ngā whakapaipai e tino matea ana, e tika ana hoki kia whakaheke i te maha o te iwi Māori e noho ana i ngā āhuatanga whare hīrokiroki, marahea hoki.” 

I whakawhiwhia ki Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki, he kaiwhakarato ā-iwi o ngā ratonga hauora, oranga hoki, te pūtea $110,000 e te Whatunga Whare Māori i te marama o Mahuru o te tau kua hipa. Nā runga i tēnei pūtea i whakahaeretia e rātou ngā aromatawai whakapaipai whare mō ngā whare 10, i whakapaitia ngā whare e whitu e noho tino mōrea ana, i whakahaeretia hoki he awheawhe tautiaki mā te whanau. 

I whakanuia Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki, Franzen Maintenance me te hapori whānui e te Minita Mahuta i tō rātou ngākaunui mai ki te whakapiki i te paerewa oranga mā te iwi Māori. 

“Kei te āwhina ngā kaupapa whakapaipai e whai pūtea ana i te Whatunga Whare Māori i ngā Kaipupuri whare Māori mā te whakahauhau i ngā tikanga āta tiaki, tautiaki hoki me te whakamana anō i ngā rōpū, whānau Māori hoki kia rangatira ō rātou whakaaro ki te kounga o ō rātou whare. 

“He nui te pitomata o ngā whanaketanga me ngā whakapaipai whare ki te whakapiki i te oranga ā-pāpori, ā-ahurea, ā-ōhanga, ā-taiao hoki ki te katoa o ō tātou hapori Māori,” tā Nanaia Mahuta.