Exciting Housing Development Underway

Te Arataura Chair Tukoroirangi Morgan is welcoming today’s announcement by Maaori Affairs and Social Housing Minister Tama Potaka that will kick start the first stage of our Housing development in Hopuhopu.

This initiative has been tossed around over many years and Tuku Morgan says we are grateful Minister Potaka advocated for the project which will see 57 new warm homes on our whenua at Hopuhopu.

“This is a gamechanger for whaanau who need the assurance of a home to raise their children in a community that is safe and aligned to our Kiingitanga values,” says Tuku.

“Minister Potaka has shown real leadership today and we are extremely grateful for his advocacy inside his cabinet to get this kaupapa over the line.”

“It is not lost on us that our late King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII led his final Kiingitanga Accord event with the previous Labour administration last year that made today possible.”

“Hopuhopu was the first land parcel to be given back under our 1995 Waikato Raupatu Lands Settlement. Its significance to our people cannot be understated.”

The entire Hopuhopu precinct is 170 hectares and will include an innovation hub, tribal precinct, and nursery. Waikato-Tainui is also re-developing a sports complex nearby which will be available to the wider public.

Tuku says the Ministers announcement provides opportunities for tribal businesses to be involved across the entire working landscape including infrastructure, engineering, building, plumbing and electricians, among others.

Contact: Jason Ake - 027 2010061