Te Maihi o te Whare Māori Māori and Iwi Housing Innovation (MAIHI) Framework for Action

Nau mai, tahuti mai! Tomokia tō tātou whare.

Te Maihi o te Whare Māori - Māori and Iwi Housing Innovation (MAIHI) puts Māori at the heart of the approach to housing in Aotearoa, creating a framework and strategy to change the housing system so it delivers better solutions for Māori.

The four main components of MAIHI are:

Te Maihi o te Whare Māori – Māori and Iwi Housing Innovation (MAIHI)

Te Mauri o te whānau - Our principles

Whai Kāinga. Homes, not just houses.

The MAIHI Framework for Action recognises that a home is more than a house, it’s the foundation for wellbeing, prosperity and being able to live with dignity. The vision for MAIHI vision is that all whānau have:

access to warm, dry and safe homes, with the security of being able to stay in them for as long as is appropriate for their circumstances
connections to the services they need to be able to sustain their housing
opportunities to fully participate in their communities.

Looking at both immediate needs and long-term solutions

There are critical gaps for Māori in current mainstream housing solutions. MAIHI Framework for Action includes three key workstreams to:

Respond quickly to the immediate and urgent needs of whānau who are experiencing homelessness and housing stress.
Review current Crown policies and programmes to see what’s blocking solutions to Māori housing issues.
Reset systems and processes so the housing system provides fair and equitable solutions for Māori, by:
- partnering with Māori on how solutions are designed and carried out
- making sure that Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations and settlements are upheld, past injustices are not repeated, and a contemporary Treaty partnership is set up so Māori can lead their housing solutions.

See the MAIHI Framework for Action Cabinet Paper (PDF, 385 KB)