Background

The

of the Mana Kāinga Programme

Mana Kāinga

Inf0rmation Video

2023

He Whakakitenga

He mana motuhake, mana whenua, mana whānau

Mātauranga Māori hei tauira
Leadership as Māori innovation
Self-determination with healthy homes and thriving whānau

Te Huarahi Pai

It is recognised that there is a severe shortage of capacity and capability within the Māori Housing sector required to navigate the complexities, achieve high-level policy outcomes, and participate in fundamental strategic engagements for Māori. This shortage exists across the housing continuum and, in our view, is one of the key factors in the recent decline in dictators (such as declining home ownership and increasing housing deprivation).

Te Matapihi has long advocated for the need to have a clear ‘point of entry’ for Māori in this system, ability and respond to the MBIE He Whare Āhuru Report 2014.

Mana Kāinga

The solution…

Ultimately, Mana Kāinga will build new connections between Māori organisations and the science and innovation system for Māori Housing Sector capability advancement.

  • “Kāinga is translated literally as housing but it’s so much more than that! It’s about Whānau, Our Maunga, Awa, Marae, environment. It’s about a vibrant and thriving Kāinga.”

    Dr Jenny Lee-Morgan

  • "We noticed that was there was a strong need for a mana motuhake program, a grassroots practitioner community developed program"

    TAMMY TAUROA

  • “Doing is the best learning”

    “Doing is the best learning”

    Lena Henry, Lecturer, Te Pare-School of Architecture & Planning, UOA

  • “Don’t be frightened of risk or failure – just work harder; and have others that think and do the same as you.”

    Barbara Browne, CEO Tumu Whakarae, Kāhui Tū Kaha

  • “Build your Application Experts Team – Finance, Housing, Writer/s, Tikanga -Kaumatua/Kuia, Decision makers and formatter. Building your team puts responsibility on all members and shares the load. And just answer the question, nothing else.”

    Jen Deben, Te Matapihi, Rental Housing & Home Ownership

  • “If we think about the idea of home as a place to which we can all belong, as a place upon which we can all stand, then the idea of housing falls more easily into place”.

    MOANA JACKSON