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Hundreds of marae throughout the country will be upgraded through investments from the Provincial Growth Fund’s refocused post COVID-19 funding to create jobs and put money into the pockets of local tradespeople and businesses, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta have announced.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Māori Development
  • Regional Economic Development

The Government is investing $40 million to develop an inland port at Ruakura which will become a freight super-hub and a future business, research and residential development for the Waikato, Urban Development and Transport Minister Phil Twyford, and Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced today.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development
  • Urban Development

A better picture of the contribution Māori businesses make to the economy will be possible with changes to the way information is collected about companies and trading enterprises.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Māori Development
  • Small Business

One of the most significant battle sites of the 1860s Land Wars will receive $2.96 million from the Provincial Growth Fund to improve the site and help tell the New Zealand story to visitors, Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones have announced.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Māori Development
  • Regional Economic Development

As part of the COVID-19 recovery, the Government has strengthened its procurement rules to ensure its annual $42 billion spend creates more jobs, uses more sustainable construction practices and results in better outcomes for Māori and Pasifika, Government Ministers announced today.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Aupito William Sio
  • Economic Development
  • Māori Development
  • Pacific Peoples

New Zealanders across the country are set to mark history as part of the Māori Language Week commemorations led by Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori this year. 

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Transitional housing provides much needed support for Taumarunui whānau.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Māori Development
  • Whānau Ora

Three major local projects at Te Kuiti and Otorohanga have been given the money to get moving after the impact of Covid 19, says the Minister of Māori Development Hon Nanaia Mahuta. 

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Today marks a milestone as the Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni and Minister for Māori Development Nanaia Mahuta co-sign an Addendum – with the Iwi Chairs of Te Rarawa, Ngāi Takoto and Te Aupōuri – to the Te Hiku o Te Ika Iwi-Crown Social Development and Wellbeing Accord (the Accord) on behalf of the Crown.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development
  • Social Development

Māori land owners will be better supported to resolve disputes and build papakāinga housing on their whenua with targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act now becoming law.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

The New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting Act 2020 was passed by the House today and the Minister for Māori Development, Nanaia Mahuta, says this has been a long time coming and means the iwi can now focus on developing their future.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Changing audience demands and fast evolving technology in the world of Māori media means the sector need to reorient the way it works, says Minister for Māori Development Nanaia Mahuta. 

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Maori Arts and Crafts will continue to underpin the heart of the tourism sector says Minister for Maori Development Nanaia Mahuta. 

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

The Government will invest over $900 million in response to COVID-19 to support our whānau, tamariki and all Māori so we can rebuild together, Māori ministers announced today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Māori Development

The 2020 Budget includes significant support to stabilise New Zealand’s family violence services, whose work has been shown to be so essential throughout the COVID-19 lockdown.

  • Hon Poto Williams
  • Jan Logie
  • ACC
  • Children
  • Corrections
  • Courts
  • Education
  • Health
  • Justice
  • Māori Development
  • Police
  • Social Development

Across the motu, the Māori response package has supported hard-to-reach and vulnerable whānau during the COVID-19 pandemic including those who live in remote areas, kaumātua and the homeless. 

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
  • Māori Development
  • Tourism
  • Whānau Ora

E tangi ana a Taranaki iwi, e tangi ana te ao Māori, otirā e tangi ana te motu. Mōu katoa ngā roimata e riringi whānui ana, mōu katoa ngā mihi.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Associate Health and Whānau Ora Minister Peeni Henare has today announced the Government’s plan to support Māori communities and businesses in the face of COVID-19.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
  • Employment
  • Health
  • Māori Development

The Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Bill has had its First Reading in Parliament. 

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Congratulations Ōtangarei Papakāinga whānau, I am so pleased to be here with you today to celebrate the opening of this papakāinga.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Māori Development Minster Mahuta today announced the appointment of Susy Frankel and Paul Hamer, and the reappointment of Basil Morrison CNZM JP to the Waitangi Tribunal (the Tribunal).  

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Australia and Aotearoa-New Zealand today signed a collaboration arrangement bringing the two countries’ Indigenous peoples and policy makers closer together to promote economic, social and cultural advancement.  

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

The first kaupapa Māori transitional homes, opened today in Ōtangarei, will ensure the small but vibrant community can look after whānau most in need.  

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Māori Development Minister Hon Nanaia Mahuta and Agriculture Minister Hon Damien O’Connor co-announced the first horticultural finalists for the Ahuwhenua Trophy celebrating excellence in the Māori agricultural sector.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development