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May 9, 2024 | News
Iwi flagged on changes to Crown Minerals Act
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka says the Government and iwi share the same concerns about how to achieve growth while protecting the environment.
April 11, 2026
May 9, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Tama Potaka | Minister of Māori Development
Māori, Māori tikanga, Māori tamariki are feeling constantly under attack by the Coalition government – what are Coalition government Māori MPs doing to support our people?
May 2, 2024 | News
Whānau stake on Ō-Rākau return
Te Arawhiti Māori Crown Relations Minister Tama Potaka says getting Te Pire mō Ō-Rākau, Te Pae o Maumahara - The Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill through its first reading felt like a personal honour.
May 2, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Tama Potaka | Minister of Māori Development
There have been further announcements of layoffs at Te Puni Kōkiri. This is going to be a further blow to Māori working in the public service. And creating even more unemployed.
May 1, 2024 | News
Title to Ō-Rākau written in blood
The return of the historic Ō-Rākau battle site to the descendants of those who fought there moved a step closer yesterday with the first reading of Te Pire mō Ō-Rākau, Te Pae o Maumahara - The Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill.
April 29, 2024 | News
Social housing shake-up starts
Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says from tomorrow whānau with tamariki growing up in emergency housing motels will be prioritised for social housing.
April 24, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Tama Potaka | Minister of Māori Development
Submissions for the Fast Track legislation closed on Friday. What is your role in the legislation?
April 11, 2024 | News
Potaka pushes jobseeker care
Minister of Māori Development Tama Potaka says poverty is disproportionately hitting Māori.
April 10, 2024 | News
Potaka takes wide view of emergency housing challenge
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka says the state and extent of emergency housing is a social, moral and cultural disaster.
April 10, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Tama Potaka | Minister of Māori Development
One of the latest aspirations of the Prime Minister is 75 percent reduction in households in emergency housing. That is excellent but are there enough houses or are you pushing people back into cars and on the streets?
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