2 x Articles 3/2/22 - Maori housing, Te Urewera

[Kiwi Frontline]

HOUSING PROJECT HOPES TO BRING IWI BACK TO ANCESTORAL LAND

A new housing project at Waimahana Marae near Taupō will breathe new life into the central North Island iwi of Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa with an injection of almost $12.5 million to build 27 homes on ancestral land......

www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300508131/housing-project-hopes-to-bring-iwi-back-to-ancestoral-land

[Kiwi Frontline]

DOC LOOKING AT NEED FOR MORE TE UREWERA FUNDING

Conservation Minister Kiri Allan is promising a forensic examination of the funding available to Tūhoe to maintain Te Urewera and Lake Waikaremoana as one of the Great Walks, after an iwi appeal for more money.

Te Urewera Board Chair Tāmati Kruger said funding needs to be boosted back to “at least” the level it was before the Tūhoe settlement when the area used to be a national park.

Tūhoe receives about $2.5 million a year from the Crown for resources. When it was a national park Kruger said funding to DOC was at least $7 million......

www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018829060/doc-looking-at-need-for-more-te-urewera-funding