Hawkes Bay Today
  • Hawke's Bay Today home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Havelock North
  • Central Hawke's Bay
  • Tararua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Dannevirke
  • Gisborne

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Hawkes Bay Today

Ngāti Kahungunu iwi gets $2m investment to create Māori trade apprenticeships

By Sahiban Hyde
Hawkes Bay Today·
1 Oct, 2020 10:29 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

A group of Māori Trade Trainers come to see how the Scottsdale machinery works. Photo / Supplied

A group of Māori Trade Trainers come to see how the Scottsdale machinery works. Photo / Supplied

The Government has given Ngāti Kahungunu $2 million from its newly created Māori Trades and Training fund.

The announcement for

K3 Kahungunu Property Development's Takitimu Tuanui apprenticeship programme was made by Minister of Employment Willie Jackson in Hawke's Bay on Friday.

It's the first funding to come from the $50 million

fund established as part of the Covid-19 Response and Recovery Fund announced in Budget 2020.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

K3 Kahungunu Property was established by the Kahungunu Asset Holding Company (KAHC) to increase the income and standard of living for Māori.

Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated chairman, Ngahiwi Tomoana said he was "exceptionally pleased" with the announcement.

"It's another step towards good housing, quality jobs and lifelong learning," he said.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The Takitimu Tuanui programme would support up to 50 Māori apprentices.

It would help them participate in "earn as you learn" training, while contributing to the construction of 50 houses across the Kahungunu rohe, which extends from Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, Dannevirke and Wairarapa, he said.

Ministers Willie Jackson and Meka Whaitiri with Kahungunu leaders. Photo / Supplied
Ministers Willie Jackson and Meka Whaitiri with Kahungunu leaders. Photo / Supplied

It will focus on those who have completed pre-trades training, and candidates interested in a trades career.

"Ngāti Kahungunu's ambition is to build 1000 homes in the next five to seven years to eradicate homelessness and support affordable housing in the building industry," Tomoana said.

"Our generation grew up with full employment and it is our ambition to provide this for our current and future generations to come."

Jackson said he was pleased the Māori Trades and Training Fund could support programmes like Takitimu Tuanui apprenticeships, "which grows our workforce in sectors where skilled employees are needed most".

"This significant investment will support training and employment opportunities for Māori, while also contributing to the supply of warm, dry accommodation for Kahungunu whānau."

The key to the fund's success was its partnerships with Māori organisations, Jackson said.

"It helps ensure support for employment-based training opportunities in a way that is relevant to Māori."

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Hawkes Bay Today

How new speed limits are making Hastings schools safer

Hawkes Bay Today

Heavy rain watch north of Napier, potential to be upgraded to warning

Hawkes Bay Today

Four crashes in Hawke’s Bay send four to hospital


Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

How new speed limits are making Hastings schools safer
Hawkes Bay Today

How new speed limits are making Hastings schools safer

The changes are part of Hastings' early rollout of lower speed limits.

16 Jul 03:49 AM
Heavy rain watch north of Napier, potential to be upgraded to warning
Hawkes Bay Today

Heavy rain watch north of Napier, potential to be upgraded to warning

16 Jul 01:20 AM
Four crashes in Hawke’s Bay send four to hospital
Hawkes Bay Today

Four crashes in Hawke’s Bay send four to hospital

15 Jul 11:58 PM


Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

06 Jul 09:47 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Hawke's Bay Today e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Hawke's Bay Today
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP