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Te Puni Kōkiri Māori Housing Investments
Summary of Māori housing investments over the past five years
Te Puni Kōkiri has delivered a range of Māori housing initiatives, and provided support to individuals, whānau, hapū, iwi and rōpū Māori since the inception of the Māori Housing Network since 2015. The Māori Housing Network was established as one of the Government’s key priorities to improve housing.
| Region | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | ||||||
| Houses | $(m) | Houses | $(m) | Houses | $(m) | Houses | $(m) | Houses | $(m) | ||
| Te Tai Hāuauru | 3 | $0.73 | 3 | $0.55 | 20 | $9.99 | 20 | $6.71 | 11 | $2.66 | |
| Te Waipounamu | 6 | $1.55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | $1,87 | |
| Te Tai Tokerau | 4 | $2.30 | - | - | 10 | $3.95 | 25 | $8.27 | 8 | $4,14 | |
| Ikaroa Rāwhiti | 18 | $8.35 | 6 | $1.94 | 62 | $18.61 | 4 | $1.60 | 7 | $4.11 | |
| Waikato-Waiariki | 6 | $1.11 | 6 | $2.01 | 43 | $10.21 | 13 | $5.74 | 7 | $3.53 | |
| Tāmaki Makaurau | - | - | 14 | $3.39 | - | - | - | - | 3 | $1.38 | |
| Total | 37 | $15.09 | 29 | 7.89 | 135 | $42.76 | 62 | $22.32 | 40 | $17.69 | |
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| Region | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | |||||
| Repairs | $(m) | Repairs | $(m) | Repairs | $(m) | Repairs | $(m) | Repairs | $(m) | |
| Te Tai Hāuauru | 55 | $2.42 | 71 | $2.40 | 48 | $2.87 | 66 | $2.91 | 106 | $5.08 |
| Te Waipounamu | 72 | $2.86 | 73 | $3.06 | 55 | $2.57 | 52 | $3.00 | 71 | $5.48 |
| Te Tai Tokerau | 82 | $1.96 | 72 | $2.63 | 71 | $3.76 | 34 | $2.47 | 230 | $12.78 |
| Ikaroa Rāwhiti | 111 | $2.87 | 90 | $2.71 | 116 | $7.45 | 44 | $2.50 | 181 | $19.77 |
| Waikato-Waiariki | 161 | $4.07 | 146 | $2.68 | 144 | $5.20 | 71 | $4.39 | 113 | $6.37 |
| Tāmaki Makaurau | 56 | $2.00 | 50 | $1.93 | 38 | $2.50 | 60 | $3.25 | 88 | $6.41 |
| Total | 537 | $16.17 | 502 | $15.40 | 472 | $24.34 | 327 | $18.52 | 789 | $55.89 |
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Critical Repairs, to whanau owned homes |
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| Region | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| Te Tai Hāuauru | $0.15 | $0.20 | $0.11 | $0.10 | $0.20 |
| Te Waipounamu | $0.19 | $0.35 | $0.04 | $0.07 | $0.15 |
| Te Tai Tokerau | $0.03 | $0.18 | $0.11 | $0.10 | $0.18 |
| Ikaroa Rāwhiti | $0.08 | $0.21 | $0.10 | $0.05 | $0.12 |
| Waikato-Waiariki | $0.13 | $0.24 | $0.11 | $0.10 | $0.20 |
| Tāmaki Makaurau | $0.09 | $0.11 | $0.02 | $0.10 | $0.18 |
| Total | $0.73 | $0.16 | $0.08 | $0.52 | $1.03 |
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Sorted Kainga Ora - Financial capability |
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| Region | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | |||||
| No. funded | $(m) | No. funded | $(m) | No. funded | $(m) | No. funded | $(m) | No. funded | $(m) | |
| Te Tai Hāuauru | 1 | 4 | $0.30 | 2 | $0.15 | 6 | $0.16 | 4 | $0.25 | |
| Te Waipounamu | 1 | $0.01 | 0 | - | 2 | $0.16 | 2 | $0.17 | 3 | $0.26 |
| Te Tai Tokerau | - | $0.09 | 2 | $0.20 | 4 | $0.22 | 5 | $0.40 | 1 | $0.08 |
| Ikaroa Rāwhiti | 4 | - | 7 | $0.32 | 1 | $0.10 | 2 | $0.60 | 5 | $0.31 |
| Waikato-Waiariki | 3 | $0.23 | 2 | $0.19 | 1 | $0.09 | - | - | - | - |
| Tāmaki Makaurau | - | $0.55 | 1 | $0.15 | - | - | 1 | $0.03 | 1 | $0.10 |
| Total | 9 | $0.88 | 16 | $1.16 | 10 | $0.72 | 16 | $1.36 | 16 | $1.00 |
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Te Puni Kōkiri Māori Housing Investment by Financial Year
The funding amounts presented represent the actual costs for projects that have been completed and the forecast costs for projects that have been contracted but are not yet complete. As some projects span multiple financial years, the committed amounts presented here will differ from financial year actual expenditure. The full account of these funds is provided in the financial statements in the Te Puni Kōkiri Pūrongo-ā-Tau | Annual Reports.
Te Puni Kōkiri Māori housing funding recipients
- 2023/24 Te Puni Kōkiri Investment recipient list
- 2022/23 Te Puni Kōkiri Investment recipient list
- 2021/22 Te Puni Kōkiri Investment recipient list
- 2020/21 FY approvals, refer to 2020/21 Vote Māori Development report Investment Recipients
- 2019/20 FY approvals, refer to 2019/20 Vote Māori Development report Investment Recipients [PDF,288KB]
- 2018/19 FY approvals, refer to 2018/19 Vote Māori Development report Investment Recipients [PDF, 223KB]
- 2017/18 FY approvals, refer to Kainga - Māori Housing section of the 2017/18 Vote Māori Development report beginning on page 79 [PDF, 14MB]
- 2016/17 FY approvals [PDF, 209KB]
- 2015/16 FY approvals [PDF, 188KB]