Our recommendations

Government planning and support for housing on Māori land. Ngā whakatakotoranga kaupapa me te tautoko a te Kāwanatanga ki te hanga whare i runga i te whenua Māori.
  1. We recommend that the agencies involved in providing advice and support co-ordinate what they do locally by:
    • having one organisation act as a single point of contact for Māori who want to build housing on their land;
    • agreeing a shared process that sets out who will work with Māori who want to build on their land and when; and
    • having staff with the relevant expertise and knowledge available to provide high-quality information and advice.
  2. We recommend that local authorities build appropriate flexibility into their district plans to allow housing to be built on Māori land.
  3. We recommend that local authorities identify and work with landowners who have particularly suitable land blocks and who want to build housing on Māori land.
  4. We recommend that the Department of Building and Housing better target financial support programmes by:
    • better matching the support available to the financial circumstances of Māori, so that it is available and affordable for more Māori organisations and households;
    • making financial support available when costs are incurred; and
    • structuring the financial support to make housing developments sustainable.
  5. We recommend that the Department of Building and Housing, working with other agencies, build the capacity of Māori organisations that plan to participate in housing. This includes their ability to project manage a housing development through the legal and practical processes required to successfully build houses on Māori land.
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