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# $1.3B for ‘Maori’ in Budget
- URL: https://goodoil.news/1-3b-for-maori-in-budget/
- Published: 2021-05-25T21:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-25T03:38:27.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: Economy, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

**Hobson’s Pledge Trust**

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The proposal to spend $1.3 billion in the next financial year on “Maori” cannot go without comment. Proposed spending includes:

1. $427.8 million supposedly for “Crown-Maori” relations, but actually for Treaty settlements.
2. $380 million to deliver 1000 new homes for Maori including housing on Maori land, repairs to about 700 Maori-owned homes, and expanding support services.
3. $242.8 million for Maori health initiatives including the new Maori Health Authority.
4. $150 million for Maori education including $20 million to support Maori boarding schools.
5. $42 million for Maori media.
6. $23.4 million for the well-being of Maori children and families.
7. $15 million for Maori tourism.
8. $14.1 million for tribal data collection.
9. $14.8 million for a Maori language strategy so that one million New Zealanders will be able to speak basic Maori by 2040\. [See Budget 21](https://www.hobsonspledge.nz/r?u=UvCCd8GcsmKKe6vGMpaWv7Ssj4N5Dd%5FgiQ%5F84wuiB4dHCdOryMluD8GV-K-NFRLdoFfAUrDbWX98-i8YAznN3pI1fyc4hhZt4SNy%5FIiytnrZQhaK5EY2yj1BDdjfp5Z8b4Ax-UgkN3l-VrFc21ItZ2tZZA0AbiBFlPR4TclQvv6MD10FNUaV7tkjgU%5FgdH%5FM&e=bd7bae96f436b2630063070c50ff935c&utm%5Fsource=hobsonspledge&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=update%5F157&n=2)

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A total $1.4 billion has been set aside over four years to spend on Treaty settlements (which is on top of the $4 billion already paid). See [Treaty settlements](https://www.hobsonspledge.nz/unintended%5Fconsequences%5Fof%5Ftreaty%5Fsettlements?e=bd7bae96f436b2630063070c50ff935c&utm%5Fsource=hobsonspledge&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=update%5F157&n=3).

> Our position is that policy measures intended to support those who need special assistance from government should be based on need, and not on ethnicity.

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