A guide providing whānau with step-by-step instructions to develop housing on Māori land was recently launched. The Papakāinga Development Guide has been a collaborative effort between Te Puni Kōkiri, Te Kooti Whenua Māori (The Māori Land Court) and the Hastings District Council. The guide is a response to Māori whānau in the Takitimu region wanting to develop papakāinga on ancestral lands. A reference group of whānau who had completed papakāinga projects and those that wanted to develop papakāinga were essential contributors to completing the guide.