MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama

The Kāinga Whenua Loan Scheme is an initiative between Kāinga Ora and Kiwibank to help Māori achieve home ownership on their multiple-owned land.

The loans are available for both Māori land trusts, and individuals with a right to occupy their multiple-owned Māori land.

A Kāinga Whenua loan is secured only against the house, not against the house and land as with most home loans. It must be a one-storey house of at least 50 square metres, on piles, and with reasonable road access, located on the mainland North or South islands.

Kiwibank approves and provides the loan, and applicants need to meet their standard lending criteria as well as the Kāinga Whenua criteria. Kāinga Ora provides lenders’ mortgage insurance for the loan.

Information about the Kāinga Whenua Loan Scheme within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the total number of loans that have been settled for successful applicants between 1 July 2010 and the end of the selected quarter. This includes loans to both individuals and to Māori Land Trusts.
• the total value of the loans that have been advanced to successful applicants between 1 July 2010 and the end of the selected quarter. This includes loans to both individuals and to Māori Land Trusts. Shown as a ‘millions’ figure which is denoted by a ‘M’ after the number and rounded to two decimal places.
• of the total number of loans that have been settled for successful applicants between 1 July 2010 and the end of the selected quarter, how many were to individuals and how many were to Māori Land Trusts.

Find out more about the Kāinga Whenua loan scheme.(external link)(external link)

Data source: Data on the Kāinga Whenua loan scheme is provided by Kāinga Ora.

Start date of data: Data on the Kāinga Whenua loan scheme in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 1 July 2010.

Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga is a four-year, $730 million commitment to speed up the delivery of Māori-led housing. It funds both small-scale Māori housing projects and larger developments, from repairing existing homes to building new ones. Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga is jointly administered with Te Puni Kōkiri.

Information about Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• The total number of homes approved or contracted by iwi, hapū or Māori entities as at the end of the reported month, and the targeted number of these for the programme.
• The total number of homes to which repairs have been approved or contracted by iwi, hapū or Māori entities as at the end of the reported month, and the targeted number of these for the programme.
• The total number of millions of dollars that has been contracted to build the capability of iwi, hapū or Māori entities as at the end of the reported month, and the total amount that has been targeted to spend for this part of the programme. Shown as a ‘millions’ figure which is denoted by a ‘M’ after the number and rounded to two figures.
• The total investment in millions of dollars in building homes, repairing homes, and building capability that has been contracted by the end of the month, and the amount that has been targeted to spend over the life of the programme. Shown as a ‘millions’ figure which is denoted by a ‘M’ after the number and rounded to two figures.
• The total number of sites that iwi, hapū and Māori entities are contracted to enable with infrastructure through funding from the programme as at the end of the month, and the total number of sites the programme aims to fund through the life of the programme.
• The total investment in millions of dollars contracted for infrastructure as at the end of the month, and the amount that has been targeted to spend over the life of the programme. Shown as a ‘millions’ figure which is denoted by a ‘M’ after the number and rounded to two figures.

Find out more about Whai Kainga Whai Oranga(external link)

Data source: Data on Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga home repairs is provided by Te Puni Kōkiri. Other data on Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga is provided by Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga.

Start date of data: Data on Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 1 July 2021.

Most of the data presented on MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama is updated with new information every three months, which is referred to as a ‘quarter.’ A quarter is three months of a 12-month year. Information regarding Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga, He Kūkū Ki Te Kāinga, He Taupae, and He Taupua is updated monthly.

Within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama, the metrics and information presented is shown across fiscal years, which is the reporting period most commonly used by government and goes from 1 July in a year to 30 June in the following year. This fiscal year period is then split in to four quarters, each of three months. Each quarter represents the following periods:

• 1 July to 30 September (shown as a September-yy, e.g., September-17 and representing the entire months of July, August and September each year)
• 1 October to 31 December (shown as a December-yy, e.g., December-17 and representing the entire months of October, November and December each year)
• 1 January to 31 March (shown as a March-yy, e.g., March-18 and representing the entire months of January, February and March each year)
• 1 April to 30 June (shown as a June-yy, e.g., June-18 and representing the entire months of April, May and June each year)

The Arotahinga pages of MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama allow you to select different periods of time, which then provides the data relevant to that period of time.

The He Kura Te Tangata page does not currently allow you to select different time periods. For some of the information presented, there is not currently enough historical data to present an adequate time series. Future iterations of MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama will include the option to select different time periods for this information once sufficient data has accumulated to allow for an over-time view.

For some metrics, the information presented shows a point-in-time view. That means that the information presented is the value as at the last day of the month selected (e.g., if December-21 is selected in the ‘Select End Date’ field, the value presented is a count of that metric as at the last day of December 2021).

For some metrics, the information presented shows an accumulation, or build up, of the value over time. That means that the information presented is the value that has been built up to as at the last day of the month selected, since the beginning of the programme (e.g., if December-21 is selected in the ‘Select End Date’ field, the value presented is a count of the value from the programmes start date through to the last day of December 2021).

For some metrics, the information presented is a sum of the value across the quarter that has been selected. That is, across the entire three months that make up that quarter (e.g., if December-21 is selected in the ‘Select End Date’ field, the value presented is a sum of that metric across the months October 21, November 21, and December 21).

Temporary Additional Support is a non-taxable supplementary assistance that is paid to help clients with their regular essential living costs that cannot be met from their usual income and other resources.

Temporary Additional Support is applied for, approved, and granted by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD).

Information about Temporary Additional Support within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the number of individuals that were receiving Temporary Additional Support as at the end of the selected quarter. The payment is granted to a qualifying individual, who is considered to represent a household. Multiple individuals within a single household, or within a single property can qualify to receive Temporary Additional Support.
• the total dollar value amount paid as Temporary Additional Support per week to recipients as at the end of the selected quarter. Shown as a ‘millions’ figure which is denoted by a ‘M’ after the number and rounded to two figures.

Find out more about Temporary Additional Support(external link)(external link)

Data source: Data on Temporary Additional Support is provided by the Ministry of Social Development.

Start date of data: Data on Temporary Additional Support in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 30 September 2017.

Sustaining Tenancies provides funding for community-based providers to support households who are in public or private housing and need help to sustain their tenancy. It was introduced originally in January 2017.

The Sustaining Tenancies service is offered by contracted providers who work with tenants on issues that are putting their tenancy at risk.

The Sustaining Tenancies information within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the number of households that were engaged in the Sustaining Tenancies programme as at the end of the selected quarter. Households can be single individuals, or multi-person households. To be engaged means they have been referred and accepted to the programme.
• the cumulative number of households that had successfully exited the Sustaining Tenancies programme since the start of the programme, as at the end of the selected quarter. Successfully exiting the programme reflects a situation where the household no longer requires the support the programme offers.

Find out more about Sustaining Tenancies(external link)

Data source: Data on the Sustaining Tenancies programme is provided by contracted providers and collated by Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga. The quality and completeness of provider reporting can vary from month to month and may be revised in the future.

Start date of data: Data on the Sustaining Tenancies programme in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 30 September 2020 though in some instances it includes the cumulative figures from a previous period.

The first iteration of MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes two different types of area breakdowns. Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga data is provided using the seven Māori electorate boundaries.

First home products and data included in He Arotahinga is provided using the eleven Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga regions, reflecting operational boundaries that are based on a collection of territorial authorities (District and City Councils). These broad geographical regions align with the reporting that is provided via the Housing Dashboard.(external link)

These area breakdowns are just two out of a number of possible options. Noting that while small area measures can be very useful, due to the smaller population groups in these areas there is often not enough data to be able to report on them usefully.  Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga is interested in what area breakdowns are most useful to you and the way in which you’d like to use the data. Please share your thoughts on areas of use to you:

• via a short survey (external link)(external link)
• by emailing us maihi@hud.govt.nz

When whānau are in need of public housing, their needs are recorded on the Public Housing Register. The Public Housing Register is comprised of a Housing Register and a Transfer Register. The Housing Register is prioritised by need and consists of public housing applicants who have been assessed as being eligible. The Transfer Register is made up of people already in public housing, but who have requested and are eligible for a transfer to another property. To apply for public housing and be placed on the Public Housing Register, individuals must contact Work and Income and be assessed for eligibility based on their situation.

Public Housing Register information within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the number of applicants on the Public Housing Register as at the end of the selected quarter. Each application is made by an individual, but represents a household that has applied for, been found eligible, and is in need of a public home.
• the number of applicants on the Public Housing Register that were housed in a public home across the selected quarter. Only applicants with a Priority rating of A or B are considered. To be housed means that the applicant and their household began a tenancy in a public home. Applications are considered housed when the application register status is changed to “active tenancy”. Applications housed may have been housed with Kāinga Ora or with a Community Housing Provider.

Find out more about the Housing Register(external link)(external link)

Who can get public housing - Work and Income(external link)(external link)

Apply for public housing - Work and Income(external link)(external link)

Data source: Data on the Public Housing Register is provided by the Ministry of Social Development.

Start date of data: Data on the Public Housing Register in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 30 September 2017.

Public homes are properties owned or leased by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities and registered Community Housing Providers (CHPs) for use as public housing.

Tenants in public homes may:

• receive an income-related rent subsidy, where a tenant pays no more than 25 percent of their net income in rent
• pay market rent.

Community Housing Provider Public Homes include public homes managed by registered Community Housing Providers.

Public housing information within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

Data source: Data on the tenancies in public homes is provided by the Ministry of Social Development.

Start date of data: Data on public homes in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 30 September 2017.

Progressive Home Ownership can help people into their own homes through arrangements like rent-to-buy, shared ownership or leasehold schemes.

The $400 million Progressive Home Ownership Fund offers approved PHO providers funding via a 15-year interest free loan. The PHO providers then use that money to fund homes that are then used to partner with individuals, families and whānau in a rent-to-buy, shared equity or leasehold arrangement.

The PHO fund can help:

• lower-to-median income households who are unlikely to be able to buy a home without a reasonable level of financial and non-financial support
• first-home buyers who can service a mortgage but don’t have a sufficient deposit
• households that have at or above median incomes but don’t earn enough to service a low-deposit home loan at current house prices.

It aims to increase home ownership for three priority groups:

• Māori
• Pacific peoples, and
• families with children.

Read more about Progressive Home Ownership.(external link)

Data source: Data on Progressive Home Ownership is provided by whānau to providers, including Kāinga Ora. This data is then collated and reported by Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga.

Start date of data: Data on Progressive Home Ownership in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 1 July 2020.

All of the data that sits in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama on Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga’s website is at an aggregate level, with steps taken – see Data Confidentiality – to ensure the privacy of individuals and whānau.

If you have any concerns regarding any information presented on MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama pertaining to you personally, you have the right to:

• find out from us whether we hold personal information about you
• access that information; and, if applicable
• request corrections to that information.

If you want to check personal information that we hold, please write to:
Privacy Officer
Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga - Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
PO Box 82
Wellington 6140.

For more information on the privacy laws in New Zealand and contact details for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, please visit the Privacy Commissioner's website(external link)(external link).

For the purposes of this dashboard, Māori is considered as an ethnicity, which is collected from individuals, households, or organisations at the time they present to a government agency or service provider.  MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama features data where ethnicity was collected using several different methods, though in all cases ethnicity is self-identified. Ethnicity has been analysed using one of three methods:

• Total response ethnicity: an individual or household can nominate multiple ethnicities and where they have done so, they are counted in each category.
• Prioritised ethnicity: an individual or household can nominate multiple ethnicities and if any of these is Māori, they are considered Māori for reporting purposes.
• Primary ethnicity: an individual or household nominates a single, primary ethnicity. If this is Māori, they are considered Māori for reporting purposes.

More information about how ethnicity is reported by the Ministry of Social Development and the difference between prioritised and total response ethnicity can be found here(external link)(external link).

For the purposes of Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga, a Māori entity is a registered business with a minimum of 50 percent Māori ownership. Māori entities can apply to seek funding for non-commercial small or larger-scale Māori housing projects that include home repairs, enabling infrastructure, building capability and development of new homes.

 Find out more about how Māori entities can apply for funding here(external link)

Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga is developing a Māori Data Sovereignty approach for Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga. As this is still in the early days of development, MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama has not thus far been developed in line with Māori Data Sovereignty.

We recognise that the data presented has all come from whānau Māori and this is one step towards providing that data back in an accessible way.

The name MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama connects MAIHI and te ao Mārama. MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama draws on the connection between Māori housing aspirations and Māori and Iwi Housing Innovation (MAIHI). It represents a flow from MAIHI, to MAIHI Ka Ora, through to the implementation plan and into te ao Mārama – Māori realising their housing aspirations. 

The name MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama represents giving light to Māori housing by providing information and relevant data, in an open and transparent way. It also represents a commitment to bring Māori housing into te ao Mārama where Māori housing aspirations are being realised.  

The name embodies the whakataukī: 

Mā te rongo ka mōhio, mā te mōhio ka mārama, mā te mārama ka mātau, mā te mātau ka ora – Through resonance comes cognisance, through cognisance comes understanding, through understanding comes knowledge, through knowledge comes life and wellbeing.

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

Read more about Te Maihi o te Whare Māori - Our MAIHI approach(external link)

The Land for Housing programme acquires vacant or under-utilised Crown and private land that’s suitable for residential development.

Land for Housing is active throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, working in collaboration with iwi and private developers to increase housing supply through the construction of a mix of affordable, public, and market-priced homes.

Information about the Land for Housing programme within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the total number of homes that have been delivered by iwi or Māori development partners under development agreements. Homes in this context are ones that are either practically completed or have already obtained a Code Compliance Certificate.
• the amount of land, by area, that has been on-sold as part of the programme to iwi or Māori development partners for housing.
• of the total number of partnerships between iwi or Māori development partners and Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga as part of the Land for Housing programme.

Find out more about the Land for Housing programme(external link).

Data source: Data on the Land for Housing programme is provided by Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga.

Start date of data: Data on the Land for Housing programme in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 1 October 2014.

A key focus of the development of MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama has been trying to ensure it will be accessible to non-technical users. Where jargon has been used, it has been explained wherever possible. We are particularly grateful to those who tested and provided feedback to us on their experience of using MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama, inspiring many improvements before it was released.

He Taupua is a fund provided through two initiatives and invests in projects that strengthen Māori organisations’ ability to deliver kaupapa Māori housing on their whenua.

In Budget 2019, the Aotearoa Homelessness Action Plan (HAP) received funding of up to $4.47 million and in Budget 2021, Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga received funding of up to $13 million. The total amount of funding provided through He Taupua is $17.47 million.

For the purposes of MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama the information about He Taupua funding through the HAP initiative is shown in the ‘Funding through Homelessness Action Plan and MAIHI’ section of the He Kura Te Tangata page. This includes the metrics detailed below. Information about He Taupua funding through Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga is represented in the ‘Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga’ section of the He Kura Te Tangata page under the metrics regarding capability (which combines both He Taupua and He Taupae together) and in the metric regarding investment in supply, repairs, and capability.

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.

Information about the He Taupua fund within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the number of projects that have been contracted since the fund was launched as at the end of the selected month
• the number of organisations that have had projects contracted since the fund was launched as at the end of the selected month
• the number of organisations that have had projects contracted since the fund was launched as at the end of the selected month. Shown as a ‘millions’ figure which is denoted by a ‘M’ after the number and rounded to two decimal places.

Find out more about He Taupua(external link)

Start date of data: Data on He Taupua in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 1 July 2019.

He Taupae is a fund provided through two initiatives that support projects that increase the technical skills and resources of Māori organisations to build housing on their whenua.

In Budget 2020, Te Maihi o te Whare Māori - Māori and Iwi Housing Innovation (MAIHI) received funding of up to $4 million and in Budget 2021, Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga (WKWO) received funding of up to $17 million. The total amount of funding through He Taupae is $21 million.

For the purposes of MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama the information about He Taupae funding through the MAIHI initiative is shown in the ‘Funding through Homelessness Action Plan and MAIHI’ section of the He Kura Te Tangata page. This includes the metrics detailed below. Information about He Taupae funding through Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga is represented in the ‘Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga’ section of the He Kura Te Tangata page under the metrics regarding capability (which combines both He Taupua and He Taupae together) and in the metric regarding investment in supply, repairs, and capability.

 The types of projects that may be funded through He Taupae include: 

• geotechnical investigations
• master planning
• infrastructure reports
• planning advice
• contamination reports
• traffic assessments
• development management and feasibility
• resource and building consents.

Information about the He Taupae fund within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the number of projects that have been contracted since the fund was launched as at the end of the selected month
• the number of organisations that have had projects contracted since the fund was launched as at the end of the selected month
• since the fund was launched as at the end of the selected month. Shown as a ‘millions’ figure which is denoted by a ‘M’ after the number and rounded to two decimal places.

Find out more about He Taupae(external link)

Data source: Data on He Taupae is provided by Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga.

Start date of data: Data on He Taupae in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 01 July 2020.

He Kura te Tangata puts people at the heart of Māori housing aspirations. The word Kura reflects something precious and valuable and connects back to the whakataukī ‘he kura kāinga e hokia, he kura tangata e kore e hokia’ – a treasured home may endure, not so a treasured person. The word Kura is also widely understood as a space of learning and speaks to this platform providing information that helps to realise the housing aspirations that Māori seek.

He Kūkū Ki Te Kāinga Fund is a fund provided through three initiatives that aims at increasing the number of new houses built across the Māori housing continuum. In Budget 2019, $19.53 million was provided through the Aotearoa Homelessness Action Plan (HAP), in Budget 2020 a further $36 million was provided through Te Maihi o te Whare Māori - Māori and Iwi Housing Innovation (MAIHI) and in Budget 2021 another $211.4 million was provided through Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga. The total amount of funding provided for He Kūkū ki te Kāinga is $266.93 million.

For the purposes of MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama the information about He Kūkū Ki Te Kāinga funding through the HAP and MAIHI initiatives is shown in the ‘Funding through Homelessness Action Plan and MAIHI’ section of He Kura Te Tangata page. This includes the metrics detailed below. Information about He Kūkū Ki Te Kāinga funding through Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga is represented in the ‘Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga’ section of the He Kura Te Tangata page under the metrics regarding new homes approved or contracted and in the metric regarding investment in supply, repairs and capability.

Information about the He Kūkū Ki Te Kāinga fund within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the total number of projects that have been approved or contracted since the fund was launched as at the end of the selected month
• the number of organisations that have had projects contracted since the fund was launched as at the end of the selected month. Shown as a ‘millions’ figure which is denoted by a ‘M’ after the number and rounded to two decimal places.
• The total number of homes that have been approved or contracted through this fund since it was launched, as at the end of the selected month.

Find out more about He Kūkū Ki Te Kāinga(external link)

Data source: Data on He Kūkū Ki Te Kāinga is provided by Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga.

Start date of data: Data on He Kūkū Ki Te Kāinga in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama since the launch of the fund on 1 July 2019.

Currently MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama does not include any breakdowns of data at an iwi level. Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga is working to understand what data we collect and hold at an iwi level as well as considering the most appropriate platform for this data. We welcome your views on this, please email us at maihi@hud.govt.nz

Providers use the Housing First programme to support individuals, families or whānau who have been experiencing homelessness for at least a year into permanent housing. Providers continue to tailor support for people for as long as necessary to help them stay in their homes and work through any underlying issues that may increase their risk of re-experiencing homelessness.

Housing First was introduced in Aotearoa by The Peoples Project in 2014 and funded by the Government starting in 2017.

Referrals to Housing First are made through housing service providers, frontline health services, mental health services, income support services, Police, education services, probation services, iwi, and community services.

The Housing First information within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the number of households that have ever engaged in Housing First since the start of the programme as at the end of the selected quarter. Households can be single individuals, or multi-person households. To be engaged means they have been referred and accepted to the programme. A primary ethnicity is collected for the household by the Housing First provider at the time they are accepted to the programme.
• the number of households receiving Housing First services as at the end of the selected quarter. This metric considers only those that providers are currently working with as at the end of the quarter selected and will not include those that have graduated and withdrawn from the programme.
• the number of households currently receiving Housing First services and housed by the programme as at the end of the selected quarter. Households in the programme are worked with until such time as stable housing is found, and this metric reflects the number of households currently in the programme where this has been achieved. For this metric, “housed’ refers to stable housing, such as public home or private rental.

Find out more about Housing First(external link)(external link)

Data source: Data on the Housing First programme is provided by contracted providers and collated by Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga. The quality and completeness of provider reporting can vary from month to month and may be revised in the future.

Start date of data: Data on the Housing First programme in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 30 June 2019, though some data goes back to the start of the programme (2017).

A household can be one person who lives alone, or two or more people who live together and share facilities (such as for cooking) in a (usually) private dwelling (which includes public housing).

Usually, government agencies only collect and report on household information from the primary tenant or primary applicant of a household. This primary tenant or primary applicant is seen as representing the whole household – whether it’s a household of one or more adults and/or children.  Māori households are therefore households where the primary tenant or applicant has identified as Māori – whether or not others in the household are Māori. Unless otherwise stated, the figures in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama are for the number of households, though the information for that household is based on the individual applying for assistance.

The Aotearoa New Zealand Homelessness Action Plan 2020 – 2023 was published in February 2020 and recognises that action is needed to prevent homelessness, increase housing supply, and provide support services. The action plan is based on a commitment to partner with Iwi, hapū, marae and Māori organisations, local authorities, providers, and people with lived experience of homelessness to prevent and reduce homelessness.

Find out more about the Aotearoa New Zealand Homelessness Action Plan 2020 - 2023(external link)

Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga offers a range of funding and support options. This ranges from information about the rights of retirement village residents, to information for providers on partnering to provide public housing, planning papakāinga development, to accessing different housing support programmes.

Find out more about the funding and support available(external link)

A First Home Loan is a First Home Product that helps lower the required deposit for a mortgage to 5 percent. First Home Loans are issued by selected banks and other lenders and underwritten by Kāinga Ora. This allows the lender to provide loans that would otherwise sit outside their lending standards.

First Home Loans information within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the total number of First Home Loans paid to eligible borrowing households from 1 July 2017 to the end of the end of the selected quarter. Each First Home Loan paid represents a household which can contain multiple borrowers.

Find out more about First Home Loans(external link)(external link)

Data source: Data on First Home Loans is provided by Kāinga Ora.

Start date of data: Data on First Home Loans in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 1 July 2017.

A First Home Grant is a First Home Product that is a grant of up to $10,000. It  is available to people buying a home or land to build on,  who have been contributing to KiwiSaver for at least three years.

First Home Grants information within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the total number of First Home Grants paid to qualifying applicants from 1 July 2017 to the end of the displayed quarter.

Find out more about First Home Grants(external link)(external link)

Data source: Data on First Home Grants is provided by Kāinga Ora.

Start date of data: Data on First Home Grants in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 1 July 2017.

Introduced in July 2016, the Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant (EH SNG) helps individuals and families with the cost of staying in short-term emergency accommodation (motels, hostels, campsites etc) if they are temporarily unable to access transitional housing. These are available to people who cannot remain in their usual place of residence, if any, and who will not have access to other accommodation which is adequate for their or their family’s needs. Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants are applied for, approved, and granted through Work and Income - Te Hiringa Tangata.

Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants information within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the distinct number of individuals who applied for, and had granted, an Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant across the selected quarter. The individual is only counted once during the quarter regardless of how many grants they have received during the period. The assistance is granted to the individual, but the individual is considered to represent a household and the individual’s ethnicity is considered the household’s ethnicity.
• the total number of Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants approved by MSD across the selected quarter. A distinct individual can have multiple EH SNGs granted to them whilst they are in emergency accommodation, as each grant covers up to a period of seven days at a time and individuals may require assistance with accommodation for longer than seven days. A client may receive more than one grant during the quarter.
• the dollar value of the total number of Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants approved by MSD across the selected quarter. Shown as a ‘millions’ figure, which is denoted by a ‘M’ after the number and rounded to two figures.

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Data source: Data on Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants is provided by the Ministry of Social Development.

Start date of data: Data on Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from quarter ending 30 September 2017.

For the data featured in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama several methods are used to help ensure the privacy and confidentiality of the information. This includes random rounding and suppression. Due to the confidentiality measures used, figures featured in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama may differ slightly from figures featured in other sources, such as the information available on the Ministry of Social Development website.

More information on how MSD uses random rounding to keep data private can be found here.(external link)(external link)

More information on other data confidentiality rules that are used by Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga can be found here.(external link)

Registered community housing providers (CHPs) provide long-term public, social and affordable rental housing to individuals and households in communities around Aotearoa. They are registered and monitored annually by the Community Housing Regulatory Authority (often referred to as CHRA or the Authority) to ensure that tenants are appropriately housed, and to support the growth of a fair, efficient and transparent community housing sector.  

The Authority collects information about all registered CHPs, including those who self-identify as Māori CHPs. Māori providers predominantly have Board and staff members who identify as Māori, a focus on delivering housing services to a Māori client base (although not necessarily exclusively) and operate under Māori-led principles. These organisations may also be connected to whānau, hapū, iwi or a Māori urban authority. Defining themselves as a Māori CHP does not affect their registered CHP status, access to public funds, or the way they are regulated.

Information about registered community housing providers within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• number of registered Community Housing providers that identified as a Māori organisation as at the end of the selected quarter
• number of current public housing tenancies managed by registered Māori Community Housing Providers as at the end of the selected quarter. It is important to note that a Māori organisation may be a registered Community Housing Provider but is not yet managing any public housing tenancies. They may be in the process of building or sourcing public homes.

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Data source: Data on Community Housing Providers is provided by the Community Housing Regulatory Authority (CHRA), a part of Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga. Data on tenancies in public homes is provided by the Ministry of Social Development.

Start date of data: Data on Community Housing Providers in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 30 September 2017.

The Accommodation Supplement is a weekly payment to assist people who are not in public housing with their rent, board, or the cost of owning a home.

The Accommodation Supplement is applied for, approved, and granted by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD).

Information about the Accommodation Supplement within MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama includes:

• the number of individuals that were receiving the Accommodation Supplement as at the end of the selected quarter. The payment is granted to a qualifying individual, who represents a household that is incurring accommodation costs such as rent, board, or mortgage payments. Multiple households can occupy a single property, as each can qualify to receive an Accommodation Supplement depending on the amount and type of accommodation costs they are paying.
• the total dollar value amount paid as Accommodation Supplement per week to recipients as at the end of the selected quarter. Shown as a ‘millions’ figure which is denoted by a ‘M’ after the number and rounded to two figures.

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Data source: Data on the Accommodation Supplement provided by the Ministry of Social Development.

Start date of data: Data on the Accommodation Supplement in MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama starts from 30 September 2017.