Auckland would be in for a bit of a shake-up if the Maori board's plan for the city is implemented. Photo / Brett Phibbs
A statutory body has produced a blueprint for Maori development over the next 30 years in Auckland, to be used to advocate for better resources for Maori.
The Independent Statutory Maori Board believes its Maori Plan for Tamaki Makaurau will transform the region by improving the wellbeing of Maori.
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board has set 49 cultural, social, economic and environmental goals, backed by a set of activities that will "give direction, guidance and information to the Auckland Council for developing investment and budget bids in those specific areas".
It is a wide-ranging document that pushes the council into new territory, in that it has a significant focus on social outcomes, setting education and health targets, for instance.
It also asks the council to support the establishment of a te reo Maori working group to promote the use of Maori and to develop a naming protocol with mana whenua (Maori with traditional authority over the area), and to give its backing to compulsory te reo in all Auckland schools.
