The Government will put $1.2 million into enhancing educational and social service programmes being run on marae.
The money will be allocated in the Budget on 16 May.
Associate Social Development Minister Tariana Turia says the new funding will allow the development of hubs that can deliver social services to their communities.
She says it will allow the expansion of the work already underway on some marae, which have always been a centre for communities and whanau.
Mrs Turia says many have been transformed over the years into classrooms for subjects such as language and culture.
She says this project will encourage the teaching of topics such as financial literacy.
Mrs Turia says employment training and health clinics could also run from these marae hubs.
