May 02, 2018
Fund open for more Maori development
Maori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta is encouraging people with bold, innovative ideas for Maori economic development to apply to a fund that opens this week.
Almost $1 million is available in this year’s round of He kai kei aku ringa funding, which Te Puni Kokiri manages with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
It’s open to organisations with expertise in delivering economic development initiatives, and applications should focus on employment, rangatahi, enterprise, regions or education.
Ms Mahuta says examples of initiatives suited to the fund include business incubators, programmes to prepare rangatahi for careers in the digital space, or hapu wanting to create jobs to encourage people to move back to their papakainga.
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