He Taupua Fund
He Taupua funds projects that strengthen Māori organisations’ ability to deliver kaupapa Māori housing on their whenua.
On this page you will find information about the types of projects that are funded through He Taupua, the requirements for organisations applying for this funding, and a list of the projects currently funded through He Taupua.
What is funded
The types of projects that may be funded through He Taupua include:
- preparation of a housing strategy, business case or feasibility study to support a housing development
- strengthening internal capability through training or resources, to prepare an organisation to deliver housing supply
- project management, facilitation or co-ordination to support a housing supply initiative
- undertaking a whānau needs assessment to determine housing demand.
Who can apply
Organisations applying for funding through He Taupua must:
- be an iwi, hapū or Māori entity.
- demonstrate strength in kaupapa Māori approaches or service delivery models that:
- engage and work collaboratively to meet the housing needs within their local Māori community
- develop and deliver options and solutions ranging from renting through to home ownership for whānau Māori
- are connected to viable opportunities to build on land (either Māori freehold land or general titled land) owned by a Māori entity
- provide support to improve the housing situation of whānau Māori who are homeless or dealing with housing insecurity.
Express an interest in applying for funding
To express an interest in applying for funding through He Taupua, please complete a Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga expression of interest form. Download an expression of interest form (DOCX, 295 KB).
You can also email WKWO@hud.govt.nz to discuss your project and any questions you may have.
Projects funded through He Taupua
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Te Tai Tokerau
Provider
Project Description
Funding Amount
Aupōuri, Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa Trust
Funding provided to support the Awanui Housing Project to construct 32 dwellings in Awanui, Far North District.
$40,000
He Korowai Trust
Funding provided for support to attend to homelessness and housing insecurity due to COVID-19.
$200,000
He Puna Marama Charitable Trust
Funding provided to establish a Housing One Stop Shop (HOSS) service for whānau Māori residing in Whangarei and surrounding district.
$150,000
He Puna Marama Charitable Trust
Funding provided to undertake a development plan and feasibility assessment to deliver 12-15 homes in Hikurangi.
$85,635
Kāingamaha Trustee Limited
Funding provided for the first stage of Te Mataora project for land surveying and site investigative work.
$183,005
Ngāti Hine Health Trust Board
Funding provided for bespoke housing solutions with data and insights being gathered to understand the housing needs and aspirations across the rohe.
$120,000
Ngāti Hine Health Trust Board
Funding provided to develop and implement a joined-up Te Tai Tokerau Iwi-Māori Housing Strategy with a priority focus to increase the pace and scale of fit for purpose housing supply in Te Tai Tokerau.
$250,000
Ngāti Whatua Runanga
Funding provided to deliver data survey design and analysis, a housing strategy, business plan, and investment strategy.
$115,000
Te Pūtahi-Nui-o-Rehua Trust
Funding provided to strengthen internal capabilities and deliver housing supply and project management support for their housing initiative.
$80,000
Te Pūtahi-Nui-o-Rehua Trust
Funding provided for a Project Manager to coordinate and develop organisational infrastructure, focusing on housing, trades, and mātauranga Māori.
$110,000
Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa
Funding provided to implement an integrated framework Through a panel of technical experts with a suite of skills to assist and provide support faced by iwi and Māori organisations working across the housing continuum and in housing development. This includes providing technical advice and support to iwi and Māori organisations across Te Tai Tokerau.
$400,000
Te Roroa Development Trust
Funding provided to deliver housing solutions for whānau and hapū across the housing continuum including Papakāinga.
$90,000
The Proprietors of Matauri X Incorporation
Funding provided to assist with strategic planning, and operational support.
$165,000
Waima Topu B Trust
Funding provided to strengthen internal capability and capacity to help implement two housing developments with 35 new houses.
$100,000
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Tāmaki Makaurau
Provider
Project Description
Funding Amount
Kāhui Tū Kaha Limited
Funding provided for support to attend to homelessness and housing insecurity due to COVID-19.
$200,000
Kāhui Tū Kaha Limited
Funding provided to establish a kaupapa Māori Social Housing training programme focused on improving Kaupapa Māori homelessness services.
$127,000
Makaurau Marae Māori Trust
Funding provided to undertake feasibility studies for the rohe of Ngāti Te Ahiwaru and whānau within the Ihumaatao Papakāinga.
$316,250
Makaurau Marae Māori Trust
Funding provided to increase capacity to progress initiatives to house whānau specifically in Moerewa and Kaikohe.
$208,000
Ngāti Tamaoho Settlement Trust
Funding provided to complete a Whānau Housing Needs Assessment and Housing Strategy to progress four housing developments for Ngāti Tamaoho whānau.
$60,000
Ngā Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara Custodian Trustee Limited
Funding provided to help enable housing pathways that meet the needs and aspirations of whānau and develop a full strategic plan.
$95,000
Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki Limited
Funding provided to establish a base-line analysis of housing needs and aspirations for Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki iwi.
$202,000
Te Whānau O Waipareira Trust South Auckland
Funding provided to support a focus on short-term housing needs and developing a medium to long-term housing strategy.
$175,000
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Hauraki Waikato
Provider
Project Description
Funding Amount
Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust
Funding provided to increase capability and capacity to deliver the ‘Kāinga Rua’ programme at the residential papakāinga and understand the effectiveness of Kāinga Rua to build Kāinga Ora (well whānau).
$200,000
Matawhaanui Trust
Funding provided for support to attend to homelessness and housing insecurity due to COVID-19.
$100,000
Ngaati Korokii-Kahukura Trust
Funding provided to build internal capability to undertake a housing needs assessment of 20 whānau living at Poohara Marae Papakaainga and support two whānau who are homeless into warm, safe, and affordable housing.
$97,750
Ngāti Maru Limited
Funding provided to increase internal capability to deliver housing by completing a Whānau Housing Needs Assessment and preparation of project master planning.
$100,000
Ngāti Tamaterā Treaty Settlement Trust
Funding provided to support a Whānau Housing Needs Assessment and Housing Strategy with a focus on quality and affordable home ownership on their whenua.
$60,000
Raukawa Settlement Trust Limited
Funding provided to conduct a draft scope of works to develop an Iwi-Led collective housing programme.
$130,000
Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa
Funding provided to assist with developing the Korowai Manaaki Housing Strategy and develop a Progressive Home Ownership Toolkit for Māori providers.
$161,800
Te Whāriki Manawahine o Hauraki Incorporated
Funding provided to strengthen internal capabilities to develop housing solutions for wāhine and their whānau including developing a housing strategy.
$255,000
Waikato-Tainui Te Whakakitenga o Waikato Incorporated
Funding provided for Te Kaarearea Project to provide property valuations and wrap around support for 15 whānau as part of the Te Kaarearea Iwi Housing Development in Hamilton East.
$10,000
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Waiariki
Provider
Project Description
Funding Amount
Kaitimako N Trust
Funding provided to support a Housing Strategy Business Case including a Whanau Housing Needs Assessment and Masterplan that informs a proposed Papakāinga development of 60 homes across Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty District.
$105,000
Ko Te Tuara Totara of Fordlands Incorporated
Funding provided to develop a housing strategy to create healthy, affordable, and stable housing solutions for whānau.
$207,275
Kōkōhinau Papakāinga Trust
Funding provided to assist with property management support for their papakāinga, and to deliver governance training and governance structure review.
$57,984
Manawa Community Housing Trust
Funding provided to complete technical feasibility to support the development of a leasehold Progressive Home Ownership product.
$32,000
Matekuare Whānau Trust
Funding provided to help build internal capability to address homelessness within Te Matekuare community including report writing on the Tawhitiwhiti Papakāinga Te Whaiti development including report writing on the Tawhitiwhiti Papakāinga Te Whaiti development.
$120,000
Ngāti Tūrangitukua Charitable Trust
Funding provided to investigate the feasibility of building up to 40 houses for hapū and whānau on land owned by their subsidiary Waipapa Whenua Limited.
$138,000
Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue Iho Ake Trust
Funding provided for support to attend to homelessness and housing insecurity due to COVID-19.
$100,000
Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue Iho Ake Trust
Funding provided to prepare the necessary documentation to obtain Community Housing Provider status including preparing a business case.
$150,000
Te Tuinga Whānau Support Services Trust
Funding provided to increase capability to deliver the Te Moemoea Programme to support whānau who require immediate accommodation (emergency, transitional, Kāinga Ora/Community Housing Provider (CHP) rentals) and those who want to purchase their own homes.
$155,000
The Proprietors of Mangatawa
Funding provided to undertake a Whānau Housing Needs Assessment.
$122,720
Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust
Funding provided to develop and implementation plan for three pilot programmes under the Tūwharetoa Kāinga Strategy.
$150,000
Visions of a Helping Hand
Support to attend to homelessness and housing insecurity due to COVID-19.
$100,000
WERA Aotearoa Charitable Trust
Funding provided to progress aspirations to build, buy and manage 100 whare in Rotorua and 90 in Tauranga in response to homelessness.
$156,800
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Ikaroa Rāwhiti
Provider
Project Description
Funding Amount
Te Tahua Trust
Funding provided to develop a housing strategy and feasibility studies for housing solutions with Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua marae.
$80,000
Hiki ki te Rangi Limited Partnership
Funding provided to complete a masterplan concept for housing adjacent to Waiputu Marae in Hastings.
$110,000
The Proprietors of Pakowhai
Funding provided to undertake a Whānau Housing Assessment and Feasibility study to build 15 whare at Muriwai.
$97,750
Toitū Tairāwhiti Housing Limited
Funding provided to support the delivery of a centre of excellence and support communities with high needs across the Tairāwhiti rohe,
$500,000
K3 Development Limited Partnership
Funding provided to help build internal capability to support the 'Whakatū Whare - Building Homes' project including architectural design and undertake research on Māori housing aspirations.
$150,000
Te Taiwhenua o Te Whanganui ā Orotū
Funding provided to build capability to support the Ahuriri Housing Strategy for whānau, marae, hapū trusts and incorporations through Te Whanganui ā Orotū.
$200,000
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Te Tai Hauāuru
Provider
Project Description
Funding Amount
Ka Uruora
Funding provided to support the delivery of up to 172 affordable rentals across five regions and increase Māori housing supply by providing financial support to iwi entities, enabling them to develop housing projects.
$2,643,250
Ngaurukehu A10 Section 3 and other blocks Incorporated
Funding provided to advance the aspiration of Ngaurukehu Inc to provide affordable housing on Māori land connecting marae and local environments with the community of Aromoho.
$100,000
Te Ranga Māro Charitable Trust
Funding provided to conduct a Residential Development Plan and Feasibility Assessment for the delivery of 15 homes in Palmerston North.
$113,750
Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust
Funding provided for Affordable Housing Survey, Whānau Housing Needs Assessments, Iwi Housing Strategy, Housing Kaupapa Project Manager and Whānau Housing/Papakāinga Navigator.
$80,500
Te Āhuru Mōwai Limited Partnership
Funding provided for the completion and delivery of a 20-year master spatial plan and build internal capabilities to manage housing developments.
$132,250
Karioi Nui Trust
Funding provided to secure resource consent and development of a master plan for a modern Papakāinga.
$60,000
Ngāti Tū Hapū Charitable Trust
Funding provided to complete resource consent applications for the supply of up to 56 houses in the township of Manaia and surrounding areas of South Taranaki including a feasibility study and business case.
$260,000
Te Kīwai Matau o Ngāruahine Charitable Trust
Funding provided for six hapū housing strategies for Nga hapū o Ngāwahine.
$190,000
Raukawa Whānau Ora Limited
Funding provided to assist in establishing a new entity and register as a Community Housing Provider and deliver on iwi housing aspirations.
$60,000
Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Incorporated
Funding provided for a Ngati Toa Housing Strategy including an Iwi Master Plan.
$168,000
Te Roopu Awhina ki Porirua Trust
Funding provided to assist with addressing homelessness and overcrowding in the Porirua area through research, analysis/design and data collection.
$145,000
Tūpoho Housing Limited
Funding provided to increase capacity related to the vision of “self-sustainability” while developing a strategic approach to provide housing prospects for whanāu and their wellbeing.
$200,000
Tūpoho Investments Limited Whānganui
Funding provided to progress the Tūpoho Housing Pathway development initiatives as part of Tūpoho - Toi Tū Te Kāinga.
$278,200
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Te Tai Tonga
Provider
Project Description
Funding Amount
Ngāti Kahungunu Ki Poneke Community Services Incorporated
Funding provided for Support to attend to homelessness and housing insecurity due to COVID-19.
$200,000