Māpuna for Saturday 6 May 2023

Tuariki Delamere on Meka Whaitiri going to Te Pāti Māori 

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Tuariki Delamere was a cabinet minister in the New Zealand First-National coalition government in 1998 when he resigned from New Zealand First. What's his view of Meka Whaitiri's defection from Labour to Te Pāti Māori and its implications for this year's election?

Home on wheels part of housing solutions for young Maori

If you're a young Maori looking to own your own home, imagine one on wheels with bedrooms and an upstairs, no money owed on it and little of the hassle of a consents process. Maia Ratana has done just that. She's part of a group of three researchers who make up the rangatahi ahu for Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua - the flagship Māori housing research programme for the Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities. 

Photo: A 'tiny house' on Northland coast