Maori Party Budget Gains 2013

BUDGET 2013

Opportunity, support, sustenance

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2 Contents Summary of Māori Party Budget Gains since 20093 Message from our co-leaders4-7 Budget gains in more detail8 How to contact us

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Summary of our Budget gainsSummary of our Budget gainsSince entering into confi dence and supply agreements with the Government in 2008, we’ve been able to secure funding for a number of ini� a� ves to benefi t Māori and others in many areas, including, educa� on, Whānau Ora, health, housing, Māori economic development and many more. This is despite us only holding 3 of the 121 seats in Parliament, and the fact that our country has been in an economic recession for several years.

Budget 2013 $1088.6 million Budget 2012 $484.4 million Budget 2011 $213.55 million Budget 2010 $286.6 million Budget 2009 $120.3 million

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Note: Not all of the above funding is new money.

From the leadersThe Māori Party has deliberately sought resources to assist our whānau in ensuring healthy outcomes and li� ing educa� onal achievement; to have access to jobs through trade training and cadetships; to promote te reo Māori, and whānau, hapū, iwi development; as well as providing support for those whānau living in hardship.

This booklet provides a summary of the ini� a� ves in Budget 2013 which are the direct

From the leaders

ini� a� ves in Budget 2013 which are the direct ini� a� ves in Budget 2013 which are the direct result of the Māori Party’s infl uence in Government, and we think these ini� a� ves will go a long way towards suppor� ng the development of whānau and Māori communi� es.

While we have nego� ated for resources that aim to support development opportuni� es for Māori, a number of the government’s budget announcements this year are also targeted at suppor� ng low income whānau. In fact many of the announcements out of Budget 2013 have come out of the Ministerial Commi� ee on Poverty, which we, the Māori Party established in our Rela� onship Accord with the Na� onal Party in 2011.

A key driver for us was in suppor� ng our whānau to be warm, healthy and secure – hence the addi� onal investment in rheuma� c fever; home insula� on; a warrant of fi tness test on housing and micro-fi nancing (where community based organisa� ons provide low-interest loans to people who might not be able to access aff ordable credit). This is absolutely core to Māori Party philosophy – to help our whānau to help themselves.

We are pleased to say that we have secured $266.7 million worth of direct investment into Māori communi� es spread across a wide range of por� olios targe� ng housing, health, employment, social development, educa� on, disabili� es, Māori language and community development. We’ve also had infl uence over at least another addi� onal $821.9 million that has been allocated for a number of areas where a large propor� on of the target popula� on will be iwi and Māori.

We know that investment in these key areas will make a diff erence to the lives of our whānau, and we are pleased to be able to serve the needs of our communi� es. Tena koutou katoa.Hon Tariana Turia and Hon Dr Pita SharplesCo-Leaders, Māori Party

How will this help our people?• Extra $43m to create trade training places for 3000 Māori and Pasifi ka people in a range of trades and industries, as part of the Māori and Pasifi ka Trades Training initiative. Combined with funding from previous Budgets, this money will see the number of places on this scheme dedicated especially for Māori and Pasifi ka to increase from 600 to 3,000 over the next 4 years.

• Extra $4m to create cadetships for an additional 400 Māori people who want a career in the energy, infrastructure or telecommunications industry and earn full pay for 6 months while training, as part of the Māori Affairs Cadetship Programme. Combined with the $10m funding from previous Budgets, this money will see the number of places on this programme increase to 1,400 over the next 4 years.

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How will this help our people?New and one-off funding to support marae to build capacity that address employment,

educational learning and housing opportunities, including, fi nancial and

health literacy. Marae are often a central hub in our lives; this funding strengthens their capability to respond to the range of

needs of our whānau.


Prevention Programme to $45.3m over the next 4 years.• Extra $1.5m for budgeting services in 2013/14 to provide support to low income families, in addition to the $8.9m provided in last year’s Budget.• A whiteware programme to enable those on income support to purchase new appliances at cheaper prices.• A commitment to work in partnership with fi nancial institutions and non-government organisations to provide low and no-interest loans to people with unsustainably high debt, or who can’t access credit from other means.• To trial a warrant of fi tness programme on Housing New Zealand properties to assess the health and warmth of rental houses.

How will this help our people?• Extra $100m to insulate houses lived in by low-income households, especially those with children or high health needs, over the next 3 years, as part of the Warm Up New Zealand - Healthy Homes Programme.• Extra $21m to reduce rheumatic fever by two thirds by June 2017. This new money combined with that from previous Buget brings the total funding for the Rheumatic Fever

How will this help our people?Additional $5m over 4 years for

Pasifi ka organisations which provide health services, to strengthen their services to

patients as well as their governance, performance, management, research

capacity and systems.



How will this help our people?• $8m over 4 years to research how the language can be better regenerated.• $12.5m over 5 years for the Mā Te Reo fund to support community projects that increase language use and profi ciency.• $4.7m over the next 4 years to allocate 265 scholarships to trainees for Māori-medium education and secondary te reo Māori teaching.• The creation of 30 new scholarships

to attract highly talented Māori, Pasifi ka candidates into teacher education from 2014.• $12m over 4 years to fund a programme to support and retain new teachers in Māori immersion education.• $5.9m over the next 4 years to help priority learners achieve NCEA Level 2.• One off increase of $250,000 for the 70th year of the Ngarimu VC and 28th (Maori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship.• $15.2m over 5 years to fund the learning of te reo Māori in homes and on marae.• Community Based Language Initiatives Fund to transfer from Ministry of Education to Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo.

How will this help our people?$8m new investment in the E Tu Whānau Programme of Action to strengthen our

whanau and eliminate violence within whānau, Pasifi ka, migrant and refugee

communities.



How will this help our people?• Extra $6m over the next 2 years to continue the nationwide and community-led Think Differently campaign aimed at increasing the participation of disabled people in all aspects of community life and to change social attitudes and behaviours that limit opportunities for disabled people.• $2.5m over the next 3 years for the new Enabling Good Lives approach,

which will change disability support and services in Waikato and Christchurch so that disabled people spend more time in their own communities.• $1.5m over 3 years for a new initiative to increase the number of houses built to universal design standards so they cater for the needs of people of all ages, life stages and are safer.• $275,000 for disabled people to monitor their rights under the United Nations convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.


How will this help our people?New funding to support owners of multiply-owned Māori land set up

infrastructure like water reticulation, power, roading, curbs and channelling from the

main road to the building site, so they can build houses on their land, as part of the

Kāinga Whenua Scheme.


Tariana TuriaCo-Leader, Māori Party / MP for Te Tai HauauruPor�olios:Disability Issues - Minister, Health - Associate Minister, Housing - Associate Minister, Social Development - Associate Minister, Ter�ary Educa�on, Skills and Employment - Associate Minister, Whānau Ora - MinisterContact Details:Email: [email protected]

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Pita SharplesCo-LeaderMP for Tamaki MakaurauPor�olios:Correc�ons - Associate Minister,

Te Ururoa FlavellMP for WaiarikiWhip, Māori Party CaucusContact Details:Email: [email protected]

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Educa�on - Associate Minister, Māori Affairs - MinisterContact Details:Email: [email protected] Office: Parliament Build-ings, Private Bag 18 888, WellingtonTel: (04) 817 9800, Fax: (04) 817 6525 Electorate Office: Shop 7 / 214 Great South Road, ManurewaTel: (09) 250 1254

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Maori Party Budget Gains 2013