Hon Kelvin Davis
$380 million delivering about 1,000 new homes for Māori including papakāinga housing, repairs to about 700 Māori-owned homes and expanding support services.
$242.8 million for Māori health initiatives, including setting up the new Māori Health Authority.
$150 million in Māori Education to support Māori boarding schools and lift kōhanga reo teachers’ pay.
$42 million to build a sustainable Māori media sector and invest in programme content.
$15 million for Māori tourism.
$14.8 million for the implementation of the Māori language strategy.
Investing in the wellbeing of Māori will drive both our economic and social recovery from the effects of COVID-19.
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$242.8 million for Māori health initiatives, including
setting up the new Māori Health Authority.
· $150
million in Māori Education to support Māori boarding
schools and lift kōhanga reo teachers’ pay.
· $42
million to build a sustainable Māori media sector and
invest in programme content.
· $15 million for Māori
tourism.
· $14.8 million for the implementation of
the Māori language strategy.
Investing in the
wellbeing of Māori will drive both our economic and social
recovery from the effects of COVID-19.
This year’s
Māori Budget package invests in the right areas to help our
economic recovery plan, while ensuring we deliver on the
Budget 2021: The Government expecting very sharp drop in house price growth
The Beehive, Wellington. Parliament Buildings. (Photo / Mark Mitchell)
Budget 2021: The Government expecting very sharp drop in house price growth Thu, 20 May 2021, 2:28PM
The Government is forecasting a significant slowing in house price growth in the coming years, after the New Zealand market s recent red-hot run. This is a very sharp adjustment in house prices but a very necessary one, Finance Minister Grant Robertson said in today s budget lockup.
Treasury has warned that the decrease in expected house price growth will dampen the economic recovery .
But Robertson did not appear worried about this warning.
Press Release – Human Rights Commission The Human Rights Commission has welcomed the Governments commitment to Mori health and housing initiatives in the 2021 Budget, and for an increase in benefits. “Major investment in Mori housing, support for Mori by Mori approaches, …
The Human Rights Commission has welcomed the Government’s commitment to Māori health and housing initiatives in the 2021 Budget, and for an increase in benefits.
“Major investment in Māori housing, support for Māori by Māori approaches, and an increase to main benefits are steps towards the right to a decent standard of living and the right to a decent home,” Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt said.
Billion dollar Budget for Māori 20 May 2021 15:45 PM
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Grant Robertson s fourth Budget has delivered more than $1 billion in new spending for Maori.
The big ticket item is $380 million to deliver about 1,000 new homes for Māori including papakāinga housing, repairs to about 700 Māori-owned homes and expanding support services.
There s just over $240 million for Māori health initiatives, including setting up the new Māori Health Authority, and $150 million to support Māori boarding schools and lift kōhanga reo teachers pay.
There s $42 million to build a sustainable Māori media sector and invest in programme content, $15 million for Māori tourism which has been badly hit by the Covid pandemic, and a similar sum for the implementation of the Māori language strategy.