May 24, 2023
Māori the solution for own housing problems
Māori housing advocacy group Te Matapihi says the Waitangi Tribunal’s homelessness report highlights the continuing failure of the government’s Māori housing policy.
Kaiaratiki Lesley Kelly says Maori and iwi groups are fighting systemic failure, which the crown needs to acknowledge.
“The message we’ve heard by our people is give us the resources and get out the way. This came across really clearly at the National Maori Housing Conference a few weeks ago where our people outlined all their housing programmes, services to meet the needs of their own whanau. We can do it. We are the solution,” she says
Te Matapihi would like to see a Maori housing authority, something the report stopped short of recommending.