Sorry, Dr Brash – not this time, but there are sure to be other opportunities for you to land a government appointment
The Government played it safe in deciding who should sit on the Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust Board. There was nothing quite like the naming of former ACT leader and Labour government minister Richard Prebble to sit on the Waitangi Tribunal – such as a job for Don Brash, perhaps.
Prebble’s appointment was announced by Minister of Māori Development Tama Potaka, who said it would uphold the work done between the Crown and Māori.
But today Potaka has been disinclined to reward non-Maori with any of four new posts he had to fill on the Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust Board.
Potaka and Arts Minister Paul Goldsmith have reappointed Arapata Hakiwai (Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu), who is the kaihautū Māori co-leader at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
They also named four new board members.
As Associate Housing Minister, Tama Potaka also popped up – this time with Pacific Peoples Minister Shane Reti – to draw attention to a state-funded housing project. Up to 300 affordable, healthy, community-tailored homes aimed at helping to support home ownership are set to be built in eastern Porirua.
The project, led in partnership by Central Pacific Collective and Ngāti Toa Rangatira, was allocated $114.611 million in government funding in 2022, managed by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples.
Funding support comes from Our Whare Our Fale through the Building Homes for Pacific in Porirua initiative.
Can non-Maori people benefit from that funding?
The blessing of the “whenua” (houses) and the groundbreaking ceremony took place today in Cannons Creek, with attendees from Pasefika communities, government, and members of local iwi Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Central Pacific Collective (CPC).
Affordability is being ensured through several features:
Potaka and Arts Minister Paul Goldsmith have reappointed Arapata Hakiwai (Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu), who is the kaihautū Māori co-leader at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
They also named four new board members.
As Associate Housing Minister, Tama Potaka also popped up – this time with Pacific Peoples Minister Shane Reti – to draw attention to a state-funded housing project. Up to 300 affordable, healthy, community-tailored homes aimed at helping to support home ownership are set to be built in eastern Porirua.
The project, led in partnership by Central Pacific Collective and Ngāti Toa Rangatira, was allocated $114.611 million in government funding in 2022, managed by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples.
Funding support comes from Our Whare Our Fale through the Building Homes for Pacific in Porirua initiative.
Can non-Maori people benefit from that funding?
The blessing of the “whenua” (houses) and the groundbreaking ceremony took place today in Cannons Creek, with attendees from Pasefika communities, government, and members of local iwi Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Central Pacific Collective (CPC).
Affordability is being ensured through several features:
- The land in eastern Porirua is being leased into perpetuity from Ngāti Toa, removing land costs from the purchase price.
- CPC is the developer, with houses built at cost and margins not passed on to the buyers.
- The project benefits from scale, minimising costs from suppliers, and keeping costs down through innovation and partnerships.
- CPC offers a shared equity scheme making it easier for households to raise a deposit and service housing costs.
Shane Reti had more stuff to announce, too.
As Minister of Health, he advised us that free breast screening has been extended for 70 to 74-year-old women living in the Nelson Marlborough district, ahead of a national roll-out late next year.
Women who participate in the BreastScreen Aotearoa programme are 34 per cent less likely to die from breast cancer, he noted
“That’s why earlier this year I announced that the Government would extend breast cancer screening to women aged 70-74 – a commitment reinforced through Budget 2024, which delivered $31.2 million for this initiative.
“It’s a real pleasure to be in Nelson, on the last day of Breast Cancer Awareness month, to celebrate a significant milestone in the extension of our free breast screening programme – the start of the roll out here in the Nelson Marlborough district.”
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31 October 2024
Free breast screening has been extended for 70 to 74-year-old women living in the Nelson Marlborough district, ahead of a national roll-out late next year.
The reappointment of one trustee and the appointment of four new trustees to the Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust Board will enable the legacy of Te Māori to be carried forward into the future, Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka and Arts Minister Paul Goldsmith have announced.
Up to 300 affordable, healthy, community-tailored homes helping to support home ownership are set to be built in eastern Porirua, supported by Government funding for Our Whare Our Fale through the B
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