Te Arataura Chair Tukoroirangi Morgan is welcoming this morning’s announcement by Minister of Māori Development and Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka that will kickstart the iwi’s first stage of its housing development in Hopuhopu.
Morgan said the initiative has been tossed around over many years and that Potaka advocated for the project, where 57 new homes will be built on the whenua.
“This is a gamechanger for whānau who need the assurance of a home to raise their children in a community that is safe and aligned to our Kiingitanga values.
“Minister Potaka has shown real leadership today and we are extremely grateful for his advocacy inside his Cabinet to get this kaupapa over the line.
“It is not lost on us that our late King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII led his final Kingitanga Accord event with the previous Labour administration last year that made today possible.”