Marae

The Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua Kaupapa Māori Research Project draws on expertise from across the Māori housing sector. The project responds to the right and aspiration of Māori researchers, in collaboration with Māori organisations and communities, to develop Māori housing solutions. The outputs of the Kaupapa Māori Research Project include a book Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua: Māori Housing Realities...

In late 2019, Morehu Monro began a housing research project in Te Wairoa, a small town in the north of the Hawke’s Bay region. He talked with people at marae, at meetings with local organisations, and during visits with whānau and kaumātua who had always lived in Te Wairoa and those who had returned. He also reflected on his own father’s return journey to Te Wairoa. The survey group wanted to improve the way. . .

There are positive associations between homeownership and wellbeing, which make the significant declines in Māori home ownership a topic of concern. This paper examines the pathways for transitioning Māori from a nation of renters to homeowners. Using data gathered throughout a 35-year longitudinal study of a group in Christchurch, we examined cultural connectedness, socio-economic functioning. . .

Houses (and people) were never built to stand in isolation. Rather, whare were to be located in relation to the pā for communal living. Marae are integral to Māori whānau and communities and, throughout the ages, marae have continued to adapt to new contexts. Many marae are actively seeking marae-based kāinga solutions for whānau, hapū, iwi, and communities, and many marae have shown. . .

Just before winter 2016, Te Puea Memorial Marae opened their doors to anyone in desperate need of shelter and support. Since then, the work of the Marae has continued and developed with a focus on supporting whānau to secure housing tenancy and to support home-building for achieve whānau ora. The issue of homelessness is neither new to Māori, nor is it an issue that is separated from wider...

This paper offers a strategy for gathering and analysing large-scale data. The aim is to understand how Māori might better fulfil aspirations for the designing, financing, and building of housing, as well as perceptions of housing and papakāinga, and the contribution this has to Māori wellbeing. The researchers say a study of this kind will contribute new knowledge and better understanding of Māori...

By 2040, 25% of people living in Aotearoa New Zealand will be aged 65-years and over. The He Kāinga Pai Rawa project aimed to find out what made Moa Crescent Kaumātua Village in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, a healthy housing community for Kaumātua. The result was this toolkit designed for anyone working with urban, rural, marae and other communities, who aspires to co-design and build culture-centred. . .

Think Piece One: This first report in a series of three discusses culturally responsive, secure, affordable, and healthy housing for kaumātua. It tells the beginning story of Moa Crescent Kaumātua Village, Kirikiriroa Hamilton, which started in the early 2000s. The researchers ask: what could we learn from the stories of ‘ngā kaiwhatu moemoeā’ (visionaries) about the seeds of potential for kaumātua...

Think Piece Two: This report continues the story of the development of Moa Crescent Kaumātua Village, Kirikiriroa Hamilton. What could we learn from the stories of ngā kaimahi about values, decisions, and processes that enabled kaumātua housing? The journey of becoming in spiritual terms means passing through the many phases of the nights within Te Pō. In order to explore the stories...

Think Piece Three: The third and final report in a series about culturally secure, responsive, affordable, and healthy housing for kaumātua. It explores the stories of being in the realm Te Ao Mārama: Kua ea te Moemoeā: the achievement of the dream/vision stories of kaumātua, their whānau and supporters, from Moa Crescent Kaumātua Village in Kirikiriroa Hamilton. Researchers interviewed 19 kaumātua...

This Unitec Advance magazine article looks at Te Puea Memorial Marae’s kaupapa Māori-led work with vulnerable whānau, to show how marae can be an integral part of urban housing solutions. Māori are disproportionately affected by the housing crisis; for example, 53% of rough sleepers in Auckland are Māori. This research seeks to provide information that will strengthen marae...

This paper explores the strategies being developed by Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: He Kāinga Whakamana Tangata, Whakamana Taiao (BBHTC). BBHTC is taking an innovative approach to Māori research and development, operating across academic, cultural, and social sectors. The paper presents a model for conducting research with and for Māori, that is empowering and mutually...

While urban marae have always been able to provide manaakitanga in times of crisis they have also progressively expanded their day to day roles from the 1980s to include health centres, kaupapa Māori education and te reo Māori revitalisation initiatives. However, these marae are now responding to the systemic Māori and wider community homelessness which is the result of the housing crisis...