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Ruatahuna, Rerewhakaaitu and Welcome Bay to benefit from Māori development funding boost

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Regional economic development minister Shane Jones has announced another $18.8 million from the Provincial Growth Fund. Photo / File

Regional economic development minister Shane Jones has announced another $18.8 million from the Provincial Growth Fund. Photo / File

Three Māori development projects in the Bay of Plenty are set for a funding boost.

About $5.6 million will go toward the establishment of a food production hub in Ruatahuna, land remediation and kiwifruit orchard development at Welcome Bay near Tauranga and the conversion of part of a dairy property to sheep-milking in Rerewhakaaitu.

Māori development projects across the country will receive a total of $18.8m from the Provincial Growth Fund, aiming to create infrastructure and permanent jobs, regional economic development minister Shane Jones announced today.

"These projects will support economic development in Northland, Bay of Plenty, Tairawhiti, Manawatū-Whanganui, Waikato and Southland to build the future prosperity of these communities," he said.

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"Each aligns to the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) post Covid-19 reset criteria to create jobs and get social and economic recovery underway via projects visible within regional communities."

Jones said more than 300 jobs, both immediate short term and permanent, will be created across the regions through the investments, with more to be confirmed.

"As part of the PGF reset we are investing in projects that grow Māori firms and Māori assets in sectors that will be core to the economic rebuild. We are also continuing to invest in projects that meet whenua Māori criteria such as increasing productivity on underutilised land blocks, announced in February this year."

Nationally, the PGF is partnering with Poutama Trust which will receive a $5m grant to provide access to development capital for small to medium-sized Māori enterprises so it can scale up and grow.

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"The funding announced today will help these Māori trusts and businesses to diversify, develop capabilities and create job opportunities within their communities," Jones said.

"Many of these groups would not have received funding from commercial sources as their assets are on collectively owned Māori land."

Regional economic development minister Shane Jones has announced another $18.8 million from the Provincial Growth Fund. Photo / File
Regional economic development minister Shane Jones has announced another $18.8 million from the Provincial Growth Fund. Photo / File
Regional economic development minister Shane Jones has announced another $18.8 million from the Provincial Growth Fund. Photo / File
Regional economic development minister Shane Jones has announced another $18.8 million from the Provincial Growth Fund. Photo / File

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