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KÄinga Tahi, KÄinga Rua: The Role of Marae in Reimagining Housing MÄori in the Urban Environment
The supply of, and demand for, housing in Aotearoa, New Zealand, is in a state of crisis. With all other areas of social deprivation, MÄori are impacted disproportionately in the housing space, and have been locked out of the housing market. In order to address this crisis, a range of government, community and iwi initiatives have been established in TÄmaki Makaurau (Auckland) to provide various housing interventions, from emergency housing, accommodation supplements and subsidies to transitional housing, home ownership programmes and papakÄinga (MÄori settlement, village) development opportunities. Marae Ora, KÄinga Ora (MOKO) is a Kaupapa MÄori (MÄori approach) research project created to explore the role of marae (cultural centre) and kÄinga (village, settlement) in supporting the wellbeing of whÄnau (family group), hapÅ« (extended kinship grouping), iwi (extended kinshipātribal grouping) and communities, which includes the potential provision of housing. Five marae in the South Auckland landscape are partners in this research and bring to life the prospect of their contribution to housing solutions for their local MÄori communities. This article presents some valuable insights into the aspirations of each whÄnau involved with the five marae with regard to their perspectives and developments with marae-led housing provision