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The Ministry’s strategic framework has evolved over time, most recently since the ushering in of the Māori Potential Approach, and will continue to be refined as Māori circumstances, and government and Māori priorities change shape over time.
This focuses Te Puni Kōkiri on seeking to foster and support the success of Māori as New Zealanders, as global citizens, and most importantly, as Māori, secure, confident and expert in their own culture.
Te Puni Kōkiri leads and influences public policy as it affects Māori, and is optimally positioned by its regional infrastructure to ensure that its advice is anchored in the aspirations, interests and realities of Māori people. Through that regional infrastructure, direct engagement with Māori positions government as a whole to have confidence that Crown – Māori interactions are anchored in well-established and enduring relationships.
This is supported by an overarching policy framework, which encapsulates a set of culturally anchored principles and intermedi-ate outcomes that the Ministry considers to be the key enablers of Māori success. This policy framework shapes the Ministry’s overall purpose and approach of supporting and building on Māori aspirations, potential and achievement, and provides its unique niche in the public policy community.
Te Puni Kōkiri has sharpened its outcome focus on those areas where there is a clear intersec-tion between government and Māori priorities, and which present significant opportunities for optimising the quality of life for Māori people and communities. These sharpened areas of focus are:
i Fostering and capitalising on the potential of Māori language and culture; ii Realising rangatahi potential; and iii Growing Māori economic participation and success.
