Kia Hua Te Whare Māori
Celebrating Successful Māori Housing
Kia Hua Te Whare Māori
A Te Matapihi project aimed to encourage and promote thriving, Māori-led housing solutions, for whānau māori.
The Meaning of ‘Kia hua’ is to flourish, bear fruit, to be abundant or prosperous. There is a well-known tongikura (saying) by Te Puea, “Kia tupu, kia hua, kia puāwai” – grow, flourish, blossom. ‘Te Whare Māori’, the ‘Māori house’, is a metaphor for Māori housing as a whole, and also infers that a Māori house has particular characteristics that sets it apart and makes it unique
Purpose
The project includes both Engagement to promote successful Māori housing across the sector, and the development of Resources to help both whānau and rōpū Māori navigate the many processes across the housing sector.
The purpose of Kia Hua Te Whare Māori is to:
1. Showcase and celebrate the capability of iwi and Māori in the provision of housing by Māori for Māori
2. Promote the growing number of quality, Māori-Led housing solutions which meet the needs of whānau
3. Share the journey at a governance and funding level to give insight into the reality of delivering housing for māori
4. Influence positive change for Māori in the housing space by utilising Te Matapihi’s communication channels to increase awareness of key events and issues affecting the sector.
Wharenui Rise
Ngāti Whakaue Tribal Lands has successfully delivered the first of a fifteen-stage development, which will add over 1000 new homes to Rotorua’s housing supply. Part of the first stage involved an affordable housing scheme aimed at giving a helping hand to first-home buyers within the iwi.
Ka Uruora
Here we celebrate the successful financial programme developed by Te Atiawa and Taranaki Iwi to support whānau Māori into home ownership.
Manawa Gardens
Manawa Gardens is a Ngāti Whakaue-led development designed to meet the different needs of whānau through affordable housing. The initiative of the iwi is supported by Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga - Ministry of Housing and urban development.
Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue
Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue is an Iwi-led, Rotorua-based hub focused on assisting whānau experiencing complex issues around housing hardship.
Tangata ako ana i te whare, te turanga ki te marae, tau ana – A person who is taught at home will stand collected on the marae