Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 20, 2022 4:25:59 GMT 12
GOVT DELIVERS $1.2B FOR MĀORI IN BUDGET 2022
Last year's Budget saw $1.1 billion allocated. So where is this year's being spent?
HEALTH
Of the money, $579.9 million is being invested into various health initiatives, including $188.1 million to the Māori Health Authority over four years.
$168 million to the Māori Health Authority for direct commissioning of services and $20.1 million to support Iwi-Māori Partnership Boards
$30 million to support Māori primary and community care providers
$39 million for Māori health workforce development
ECONOMY
There will be $155 million invested into the Māori economy and employment, following the Government’s $66 million funding boost last week to continue the Māori Trades and Training Fund.
Also included is $13 million for initiatives in the construction sector, $3 million for marae connectivity, $5 million for an iwi/Māori teacher workforce support package, $25 million cadetships to improve and extend Māori employment outcomes in the Cadetships Programmes, and $10 million for the Te Ringa Hāpai Whenua Fund.
Support for Progressive Procurement is also being extended with a further $26 million over the next two years.
EDUCATION
Māori education has been allocated over $200 million with $47 million for the Māori Language Programme funding at its highest level of immersion (Level 1).
TE REO MĀORI, CULTURE AND IDENTITY
In total, $28m over four years will go towards Te Pae Tawhiti, with a focus on intellectual property, genetic resources and international forums to protect matauranga Māori and taonga.
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
There has been $162 million committed to whenua Māori entities to transition to a lower emissions land uses, reduce biological emissions and develop a Māori Climate Action Plan.
And $35 million in Agriculture Emissions Reduction funding aims to support more sustainable and productive land-use practices.
The package also includes $36 million to strengthen mātauranga-based approaches to reducing biological emissions, $16.3 million for an Equitable Transitions Programme, $30.5 million for Māori Climate Action and $11.6 for the Takutai Moana – Implementation of Engagement Strategy.
MĀORI MEDIA
There is $40m set out for Māori broadcasting, with other funding for Māori media to be announced next week......
www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/19/govt-delivers-12b-for-maori-in-budget-2022/
Last year's Budget saw $1.1 billion allocated. So where is this year's being spent?
HEALTH
Of the money, $579.9 million is being invested into various health initiatives, including $188.1 million to the Māori Health Authority over four years.
$168 million to the Māori Health Authority for direct commissioning of services and $20.1 million to support Iwi-Māori Partnership Boards
$30 million to support Māori primary and community care providers
$39 million for Māori health workforce development
ECONOMY
There will be $155 million invested into the Māori economy and employment, following the Government’s $66 million funding boost last week to continue the Māori Trades and Training Fund.
Also included is $13 million for initiatives in the construction sector, $3 million for marae connectivity, $5 million for an iwi/Māori teacher workforce support package, $25 million cadetships to improve and extend Māori employment outcomes in the Cadetships Programmes, and $10 million for the Te Ringa Hāpai Whenua Fund.
Support for Progressive Procurement is also being extended with a further $26 million over the next two years.
EDUCATION
Māori education has been allocated over $200 million with $47 million for the Māori Language Programme funding at its highest level of immersion (Level 1).
TE REO MĀORI, CULTURE AND IDENTITY
In total, $28m over four years will go towards Te Pae Tawhiti, with a focus on intellectual property, genetic resources and international forums to protect matauranga Māori and taonga.
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
There has been $162 million committed to whenua Māori entities to transition to a lower emissions land uses, reduce biological emissions and develop a Māori Climate Action Plan.
And $35 million in Agriculture Emissions Reduction funding aims to support more sustainable and productive land-use practices.
The package also includes $36 million to strengthen mātauranga-based approaches to reducing biological emissions, $16.3 million for an Equitable Transitions Programme, $30.5 million for Māori Climate Action and $11.6 for the Takutai Moana – Implementation of Engagement Strategy.
MĀORI MEDIA
There is $40m set out for Māori broadcasting, with other funding for Māori media to be announced next week......
www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/19/govt-delivers-12b-for-maori-in-budget-2022/