June 17, 2013
Landowners grapple with complexity of running papakainga
A Māori housing advocate says its inevitable iwi and land trusts will be drawn into social housing, so they need to be well prepared.
Victoria Kingi from Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks took part in a seminar in Wellington called to look at the help available to Māori.
Her trust is developing housing on its land in the Bay of Plenty in partnership with Housing New Zealand.
She says because papakainga involve shared use of group resources, it’s important to set clear expectations through tenancy agreements or licenses to occupy.
"You’ve got to have good leadership. You've got to be prepared to stick with what you've agreed as the rules. It's not always easy. We have experienced issues with some of our tenants and some of our homeowner’s but it's a process. You’ve got to work through it. You've got to remind everyone what was agreed up front and everyone has to stick to that," Ms Kingi says.
She says there is real value in new initiatives like the new Kainga Whenua infrastructure grants, to assist with water supply and roading, and Kainga Whenua loans, which make it easier to build on Māori land.
Kia rite mai nga roopu Maori
E tika ana kia rite mai ngā iwi mē ngā rōpū whakahaere whenua Māori, ki te kuhu atu ki ngā kaupapa pāpori mō te whakatū whare.
Hai tā Victoria Kīngi ō Tauranga Moana, nā te maha ō ngā kaipupuri whenua Māori, mē mōhio ngā rōpū Māori ki ngā momo kirimana mē ngā raihana kia tika te nōhanga ō ngā whenua.
Hei tāna anō, he nui te wāriu ō ngā hōtaka hou, ko Kāinga Whenua tētahi kai te āwhina i te rātonga ō te wai, ō ngā huarahi, ō te pūtea tautoko kia māmā ake te hanga whare ki runga whenua Māori.
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