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Māori homeownership rates are significantly less than non-Māori, and the housing crisis is making it harder and harder to address the imbalance.
Taxpayers will be picking up the bill to help Māori out of poverty if the Government doesn’t take “radical” action to properly address the Māori housing crisis, an iwi leader has warned. Home-ownership has become increasingly unattainable for many but Māori are faring the worst, Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said. Tangata whenua are now in danger of becoming trapped on a treadmill of poverty, she said. Māori home-ownership rates have been falling nationally since 1999, with the latest Census showing it had plummeted to 26 per cent, compared with 41 per cent for non-Māori.
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SmartGrowth Leadership Group set to get new independent chairperson
7 Apr, 2021 10:00 PM
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Tauranga City Council Commissioner Bill Wasley. Photo / File
Government ministers are expected to attend an upcoming meeting to appoint a new SmartGrowth chairman following the exit of new Tauranga City Council commissioner Bill Wasley. The SmartGrowth Leadership Group Committee later this month, the Three Waters issue, and a $2 million budget blow-out to fix a Waihi Beach creek were among items discussed at a Western Bay of Plenty District Council meeting yesterday.
Western Bay mayor Garry Webber told the meeting he will chair the April 22 SmartGrowth meeting for about five minutes until the new independent chairperson is appointed.