A Maori incorporation says getting support to build houses on ancestral land has been a challenging process.
Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Incorporated in Bay of Plenty has recently opened 10 new whare for elders.
It says while it's grateful to Housing New Zealand for financial support, there are institutionalised ways of thinking that need to change.
A trustee of the incorporation, Victoria Kingi, says Maori shouldn't have to take one housing plan to three different government agencies.
She says at the moment Maori have to go to Housing New Zealand, the Department of Building and Housing and Te Puni Kokiri and the criteria is different for each organisation.
Ms Kingi says the council process and fees connected to house-building can be prohibitive.
A report last year by the Auditor-General found the process of building a house on Maori land to be fraught, with people having to deal with a maze of agencies.
