A chronology of Māori housing in Tāmaki Makaurau - Key events
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Updated: 15 Apr 2020
This timeline charts the changing institutional framework and public organisations of New Zealand and specifically Tāmaki Makaurau's housing sector, with a focus on institutions and organisations that impact Māori housing
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Created byMatthew Rout
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Accommodation Supplement - changedFull market rents for State Houses - third roundSpecial Transfer Allowance - startsState Houses - rent freezeHousing Policy transferred to the Department of Social WelfareAllocation System for State Housing - startsTenure Protection Allowance - stopsSpecial Transfer Allowance - stopsHousing Corporation Community Renewal programme - startsCommunity Group Housing Rent Relief Fund - startsHousing New Zealand Limited - mergedCommunity Housing Limited - mergedHousing Corporation of New Zealand - mergedAuckland City Council pensioner housing sold to Housing New Zealand CorporationHousing Innovation Fund - startsDepartment of Building and Housing - createdRural Housing Programme - extendedCommunity Housing Rent Support Scheme - startsHome Ownership Scheme - extendedHNZC integration with MSDHouse Prices Unit: Final report releasedAffordable Housing: Enabling Territorial Authorities ActShared Equity Home Ownership Pilot Scheme - startsWelcome Home Loan Mortgage Insurance Scheme - extendedState House sales - restartHousing Shareholders Advisory Group - createdGateway Housing Scheme for First Home-Buyers - startsHousing Policy relocated to the Department of Building and HousingSocial Housing Fund - startsGateway Housing Scheme for First Home Buyers - stopsMBIE - createdTamaki Redevelopment Company - startsKainga Whenua Scheme - changedFirstHome Scheme - startsSpecial Housing Areas - locations announcedKainga Whenua Infrastructure Grant - startsHousing Accords and Special Housing Areas (Auckland) - startsSocial housing transferred to the Ministry of Social DevelopmentMinisterial Direction on Eligibility for Social HousingIncome-related rent subsidy extended to registered community housing providersCommunity Housing Regulatory Authority - createdSocial Housing Fund - extendedMaori Housing Strategy - launchedImport Tariffs on Building Supplies - suspendedSocial Housing - first community provider registeredCommunity Finance Pilot Scheme - startsKiwiSaver Homestart Scheme - First home buyers assistanceHousing Support Assistance Programme - changedGovernment Contingency Fund - startsTenancy Laws - changedSocial Housing - increase AucklandSocial Housing Reform (Transactions Mandate) Bill - startsTransfer of state houses to the Tāmaki Redevelopment CompanyKiwiSaver Homestart Scheme - changedEmergency Housing Providers - fast-trackedResidential Tenancies Act - amendedVulnerable Housing Funds - startKiwisaver Homestart Scheme - changedHousing First funding - startsSocial Housing funding for Auckland - increasesHousing Accords and Special Housing Areas - extendedEmergency Housing Fund - changedSocial Housing Purchasing Strategy releasedState House sales - stopAuckland Housing Relocation Grant - stopsAccommodation Supplement - changedMinistry of Housing and Urban Development - createdHousing First Programme - expandedKiwiBuild Scheme - registration of interestPublic Housing Plan 2018-2022Housing New Zealand Corporation - social objectives instatedSocial Housing: Appointment of the ‘regulatory authority’ and the ‘social housing agency’Housing and Urban Development Authority - createdNational Housing ConferenceHome Ownership ActFamily Benefits (Home Ownership) Amendment ActHome Ownership Savings Scheme - changedHome Ownership Account Scheme - stopsMaori Housing Amendment ActNative DepartmentNative Department renamed Department of Māori AffairsMinistry of Maori Affairs - createdIwi Transition Agency - createdDepartment of Maori Affairs - splitTe Puni Kōkiri - createdTown and Country Planning ActReserve Bank of New Zealand Amendment ActHobsonville Land Company - createdHobsonville Land Company - changes to HLCHLC - mergedHousing New Zealand - mergedKiwiBuild - mergedMortgage Corporation - mergedState Advances Office - mergedHousing Corporation of New Zealand - createdHousing Restructuring (Incomes Related Rent) Amendment ActWorkers' Dwelling ActMortgage Corporation - createdNative Housing ActNative Affairs home loans - endDepartment of Māori Affairs - income-related loans - startHousing Improvement RegulationsNative Affairs home loans - startState House sales - startsTenancy Act - 'fair rents' for state housesState House sales - stopsState House sales - restartHousing Corporation of New Zealand - createdPapakainga Lending Scheme - startsResidential Tenancies ActHousing New Zealand - createdState Advances Office - createdHousing Branch of the Labour Department merged with State Advances OfficeState Advances Corporation - createdDepartment of Housing Construction - createdFull market rents for State Houses - startsBuilding ActBuilding ActResource Management ActAccommodation Supplement - startsTe Ture Whenua ActPapakainga Loan Scheme - deposit reducedState housing income-related rents - reinstatedHousing New Zealand Corporation - createdLow Deposit Rural Lending (LDRL) scheme - startedSpecial Housing Action Zones - startsCommunity Owned Rural Rental Housing Loans - startsHNZC Options and Advice Service - startsKiwisaver - startedPapakainga Lending Scheme - endsSpecial Housing Action Zones - endsCommunity Owned Rural Rental Housing Loans - endsLow Deposit Rural Lending Scheme - endsMāori Demonstration Partnership Fund - startsMaori Demonstration Partnership Fund - endsKainga Whenua loans - startRural Housing Programme - endsMinistry of Housing - createdHousing Corporation of New Zealand - splitCommunity Housing Ltd - createdMinistry of Social PolicySocial Housing Unit - createdMinistry of Social Development - responsibilityMinistry of Housing and Urban Development - createdHousing Survey ActFair Rents ActKiwibuild - startsKainga Ora - createdHousing New Zealand Corporation changed to Housing New Zealand (HNZ)Housing Accords and Special Housing AreasHousing Accord and Special Housing Areas - expiredHome Ownership Mortgage Insurance Scheme Pilot - startsHousing ActState Housing Scheme - startsNeedy Families Scheme - startsHousing Division of the Ministry of Works - createdHousing Improvement ActState Housing qualifying test - startsPrefabricated State Houses - startsNational Housing Council of New Zealand - createdGroup Building Scheme - startsHousing ActMinister of Housing portfolio - createdFamily Benefit: Capitalisation for housing - startsFamily Benefit: Capitalisation for housing - startsEligibility to state housing: Points system - startsState Housing: Rent setting formula - startsState House sales - stopsHome Ownership Savings ActHome Ownership Savings Accounts Scheme - startsState Housing Fixed Term Tenancies - startsFamily Benefit Capitalisation for housing purposes - changedIncome-related rents for state tenants - restartsFamily Benefit Capitalisation for Housing Purposes - stopsHomestart Deposit Scheme - startsHome Equity Conversion Mortgage - startsStatement of Government Policy on Housing and AccommodationHousing Corporation subsidised mortgages: Interest rate increasedState Houses specifically for Māori - startsCommunity Funding Agency - createdFull market rents for State Houses - second roundState House sales - restartsTenure Protection Allowance - startsAuckland Council - 2010-Auckland Council Unitary Plan ActUnitary Plan - StartsFirst District Scheme for Auckland City Council - startsAuckland City District Scheme - First Review OperativeAuckland City District Scheme - Second Review OperativeAuckland City District Scheme - Third Review OperativeAuckland City District Plan Central Area Section - StartsPuhinui Park Housing Development - startsCommunity Development, Housing and Property Committee (ACC) - startsThe Auckland Plan and Housing Action Plan - startsTamaki Regeneration Company - startsPanuku Development Auckland - startsAvondale Project - startsOrmiston Housing Project - first homes builtPapakainga Funding in Long-Term Plan - startsFreehold Māori Land Rates Remission Policy - startsKāinga Strategic Action Plan - startsSocial Housing Reform (Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Amendment) ActLong Term Plan (Auckland Council) - startsMāori Housing Network (TPK) - startsOwn Your Own Unit Scheme - startsOutline Development Plan for
Auckland - startsRegional Master PlanAuckland Regional Authority - 1963-1989Auckland Regional Council - First Regional Planning SchemeAuckland Regional Council - Regional Growth StrategyAuckland Regional Planning Scheme - startsRegional Development StrategyRegional Development Plan: Regional GrowthAuckland Regional Growth Forum - createdAuckland Regional Growth Strategy - startsAuckland Housing Accord - startsQuota of affordable housing re-introduced for the Hobsonville Point developmentWeymouth: Affordable housing development - startsAuckland Housing Accord: 41 Special Housing AreasAuckland Housing Accord: Further Special Housing Areas announcedMinistry of Social Development: Social Housing Purchasing TrialAuckland Housing Accord: Further Special Housing Areas designatedTamaki Transformation Programme: Announcement of the transfer of state housing assetsHobsonville housing development: Development of additional homes brought forwardAuckland Housing Accord: Additional Special Housing Area designatedAuckland Housing Accord: Further Special Housing Areas designatedAuckland Housing Accord: Further Special Housing Areas designatedAuckland Housing Accord: Further Special Housing Areas designatedAuckland Housing Accord: Further Special Housing Areas designatedSocial Housing: Assistance to relocate from AucklandTamaki Regeneration Programme: Expressions of interest sought for the first phase of redevelopmentNorthcote Housing DevelopmentHaumaru Housing assumes management of Auckland Council Pensioner HousingAuckland Isthmus District PlanFranklin District PlanManukau District PlanPapakura District PlanRodney District PlanWaitakere District PlanLocal Government (Auckland) Amendment ActLocal Government ActManukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA) tenancy management - startsMaori Affairs Department Housing Pukekohe - startsMaori Housing Scheme - figuresAuckland City Council suggest withholding social security benefits to stop Maori moving to cityBoard of Native Affairs report on Maori living conditions in PanmureMaori incorporated into State Housing Scheme - first 60 State Houses allocated for Maori at TamakiDepartment of Maori Affairs takes over State House allocation for Maori from SAC35 state houses built for Maori in OrakeiWelfare officers warn Maori to leave Auckland due to unhealthy living conditionsNative Department housing required to conform to Health Department and local by-lawsArticle exposing Maori children deaths in PukekohePlans for Maori hostel in Pukekohe opposed by Te Akarana Maori AssociationWhina Cooper approaches Department of Maori Affairs officers70% of State Houses allocated for Maori are in Auckland regionDepartment of Maori Affairs Urban Relocation Scheme - startsDepartment of Maori Affairs Urban Relocation Scheme - endsAuckland City Housing Act 1942Housing Committee (ACC) - startsProperty and Health Committee (ACC) - startsSocial Welfare and Cultural Activities Committee (ACC) - startsCultural Activities and Property Committee (ACC) - startsDecadent Areas Committee (ACC) - startsProperty and Housing Committee (ACC) - startsProperty Enterprise Board (ACC) - startsMaori Social and Economic Advancement ActOkahu Bay/Bastion Point Maori settlement - destroyedBastion Point - occupiedMaori Affairs builds hostel in AucklandThe first Orakei sections along Paritai Drive auctionedMeetings at Orakei with Housing Corporation representativesOtara Maori Welfare Committee appeal for destitute familiesOtara Pensioner Housing - opensNgati Otara Marae - opensAllen’s House, Otara - opensMāori Community Centre, Freemans Bay - opens36% increase in serious housing need in South Auckland since March 199211,297 households in South Auckland in serious housing need, 60% MaoriMaori households in Auckland average 5.69 people - average 3.42Waimahia Inlet development - startsNorthern Glen Innes Redevelopment - proposedMCC release 400ha of landOtara - MCC and MoW sign memorandumManukau City Council - 1965-1989Otara criticised as 'piecemeal'Mangere State Housing - announcedMangere Housing Development - opensManukau City Council opens pensioner flats in Manurewa and OtaraGreenstone Apartments - announcedFirst transitional housing unit - opensMCC investigates participating in State HousingWiri Park West - announcedManurewa's second parade of homes - openMoW purchases 1000 acres in MangereMBC Greenmeadows - opensOtahuhu Borough pensioner flats - opensSunny Hills parade of homes in Pakuranga - openBellfield Block - open1000 States Houses Otara - proposedManukau County Council meets MoW over Otara DevelopmentFirst Manurewa Parade of Homes - opensFirst parade of homes in South AucklandBucklands Road subdivision - announcedPapakura's first Parade of Homes - opensHousing Corporation Otara renovationsPrototype low cost house ManukauMCC Marriott Court pensioner - opensWhare Style HCNZ developmentHomeseekers 87 - opensSalvation Army social housing development - startsFirst KiwiBuild houses on displayAuranga Special Housing Area - opensPacific Gardens Special Housing Areas - opensAuckland Council sells land to GovernmentMatanikolo development - opensHunn Report demonstrates Department of Maori Affairs not keeping up with demand for Maori housingSubstantial improvement in in expenditure on Maori housing between 1961 and 1966.New Zealand Maori Council report on housing since Hunn ReportDecadent Areas Committee finds 85% Maori housing unfit for habitationFraser recommends using portable huts as temporary accommodation for Maori in central AucklandDepartment of Maori Affairs asks Public Trustee to set aside sections for Maori in Auckland - does not occurLandlord discrimination in AucklandAuckland made a separate Maori Land Board districtBastion Point returnedAuckland Regional Council Strategic PlanMaori 4-6 times more likely to be homelessOffice of Race Relations surveyDepartment. of Maori Affairs meeting in Freemans BayAuckland Council opposes Govt building plansAuckland's 25,300 state houses rent up 45% in one yearHNZ denies end of rent freeze to blame for increased homelessnessGovt acquires 900 houses to convert into state housing in AucklandHowick and Papatoetoe become part of Manukau City - 1989-2010ACC sells $35 million worth of landAuckland City Council houses sit emptyACC says Govt changes will cost more and increase discriminationAuckland building permits drop by almost 50%Auckland rent increases 25%-40% over past two years.ACC sell $25 million of housingRace Relations Office investigate Auckland City Council housing salesWaitakere Council trials high density housing"Blighted" Auckland state housing area sold to private developerNorth Shore Council seeks ways to increase densityOpposition to "mini ghetto" HNZ development in RoskillTakawai Gardens already a "slum"South Auckland at risk of becoming "garage city"Auckland councils seek to tighten building regulationsBirch delivers 'razor' report for ACC - controversial housing plansACC raises pensioner flat rentsGovt housing expenditure focus on AucklandStudy shows 78,000 homes built in Auckland in last decadeReport finds Auckland growing faster than expected, recommends high density housingTalbot Park HNZC finishedManukau City Council criticised over building consent problemsPapakura District Council opens development on Hingaia PeninsulaFirst phase of Glen Innes housing builtAuckland housing shortfall: 45,000Housing First launches in AucklandAuckland Council release housing action plan stage 1House prices across all Auckland jurisdictions rise by between 88% and 115% in a decadeRodney District simplifies residential zoningNorth Shore City makes infill housing more difficultNorth Shore City passes plan change to encourage intensificationACC creates Residential Zone 8, increasing urban intensification43 per cent of mortgages in Auckland go to property investorsTamaki Transformation Programme - startsInterim Tamaki Transformation Board - createdProtests over Northern Glen Innes developmentLoan to value ratio - startsTāmaki Makaurau Community Housing Limited - startsKainga Tuatahi - startsOneoneroa houses go on the marketTamaki Housing Association - soldTāmaki Housing Association - createdMonte Cecilia Housing Trust builds 30 two-bedroom units in MangereHousing First - startsHLC Northcote Development - startsAuckland Housing Programme - startsAuckland Housing Accord "dismal failure"Salvation Army housing at Flat Bush - startsBrowns Rd Transitional Housing - startsGreys Avenue social housing - startsHobsonville Point houses on marketTe Puea Memorial Marae Manaaki Tāngata e Rua programme - startsTalbot Park development - startsTalbot Park a "ghetto"HNZC Helensville development a "ghetto"Crown Building Project - startsAuckland hits $1m average house priceNew Ground Capital build-to-rent scheme - startsAC releases Land Supply Constraints and Housing Prices in New Zealand report100 state houses for Avondale - startsHigh density housing development in Auranga - startsCo-housing development - consentedAC admits no mechanism for checking if property developers were meeting their obligations under the Housing AccordGovt annouces 3550 state houses for AucklandAC Mayoral Housing Taskforce - startsSpecial housing areas in Auckland a "spectacular flop"Te Whare Hīnātore shelter opens for homeless womenGovt announces $300 million for homelessnessAuckland Council to add HomeFit check on LIM reportsAuckland Council report housing affordability increased by 26%Mahitahi Trust - startsMahitahi Trust complex - in constructionTe Hononga Tangata - opensMāngere emergency housing development - opensKiwiBuild "reset"ACC announces 137ha of Freemans Bay to be felled in a slum-clearance planAuckland Harbour Bridge - opensAuckland Council, Panuku reach compromise developmentGovt buys 13 hectares of hospital land in south Auckland for housing43% of homeless in Auckland are Maori23 new state houses in North ShoreNo emergency housing in AucklandTe Puea Marae takes in homelessPapakura marae launches papakainga project11,000 people on waiting list for state housing in Auckland33,360 private dwellings in Auckland unoccupied39,393 private dwellings in Auckland unoccupiedAC reports debt of $8.3 billionAuckland City Mission Housing Ltd - startsHaumaru Housing - startsHousing Foundation - startsVisionWest Community Trust - startsCORT Community Housing - startsAuckland Community Housing Trust - startsBays Community Housing Trust - startsCompass Housing Services - startsHabitat for Humanity Auckland - startsLinkPeople - startsMonte Cecilia Housing Trust - startsNgāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Maia - startsAuckland Regional Authority ActIndependent Maori Statutory Board - startsCommunity housing providers build 59 units in West Auckland12.4% of Maori population in Auckland remain in central city - almost half now living in South AucklandAuckland Maori Catholic Centre builtTe Puea Marae opensAuckland District Māori Council - startsMaori Women's Welfare League housing reportLand across South Auckland confiscatedIhumatao acquired by Crown grantIhumatao sold to a private ownerAuckland Council attempts to make Ihumatao public spaceGovt and AC attempt to zone Ihumatao a SHAIhumatao sold to FletchersSOUL occupies IhumataoFletchers given green light to build at IhumataoEnvironment Court do not overturn Fletchers' consentHikoi for Ihumatao to Aotea SquareIhumatao occupiers served eviction noticePolice storm Bastion PointCommission of Inquiry into South Auckland land confiscationMaori population of Auckland: 1067Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust - startsManukau Urban Māori Authority - startsKainga Ora spends $47 million on maintaining Auckland housing stockFirst of 10,000 state houses open in MangereNative hostel operated by Board of Native Affairs open in AucklandAuckland and Onehunga Native Hostelries Account BillFirst Native hostel opened in Waipapa, AucklandWaipapa hostel rebuiltWaipapa hostel demolishedAuckland and Onehunga Native Hostelries ActState house sales to Maori - startsThree hostels for Maori in AucklandDepartment of Maori Affairs relocation scheme data for AucklandFour trade training hostels in AucklandBorough of Auckland - 1851-1871Auckland City Council - 1871-1989Manukau County Council - 1876-1965Manukau County Council divided into Manukau County Council and Franklin County CouncilPapakura Town District - 1882-1938Otahuhu Borough Council - 1912-1986Manurewa Town District - 1916-1937Papatoetoe Town District - 1919-1946Howick Town District - 1922-1952Manurewa Borough Council - 1937-1965Papakura Borough Council - 1938-1975Papaptoetoe Borough Council - 1946-1965Howick Borough Council - 1952-1989Papatoetoe City Council - 1965-1989Papakura City - 1975-1989Waitakere City Council - 1989-2010Franklin District Council - 1989-2010North Shore City Council - 1989-2010Papakura District Council - 1989-2010Rodney District Council - 1989-2010Devonport Borough Council - 1886-1989Birkenhead City Council - 1888-1989Northcote Borough Council - 1908-1989Takapuna City Council - startsEast Coast Bays City Council - 1954-1989Waitemata County Council - 1877-1974Glen Eden Town Board - 1921-1953Henderson Town Board - 1922-1946New Lynn Town Board - 1910-1929New Lynn Borough Council - 1929-1989Henderson Borough Council - 1946-1989Glen Eden Borough Council - 1953-1989Helensville Town Board - 1922-46Warkworth Town Board - 1909Rodney County Council- 1953-89Helensville Borough Council - 1946-89Auckland Future Urban Land Supply StrategyAuckland Māori Housing Summit 2019Auckland Regional Council establishes 2 Maori districts - 1986-1989Royal Commission recommends Maori representation on Auckland CouncilHikoi protesting lack of Maori representation on Auckland CouncilTamaki Makaurau one of NZ's most wealthy and populous areasEarly SettlementRegional conquestsNgapuhi invadeAuckland becomes capitalMuch of Auckland soldMaori trade dominance in the region endsTamaki Makaurau population peaks at 20,000Only 97 houses placed in Maori housing pool since 1948Auckland Maori Welfare officer reports only 7.5% of families giving trouble or had "moral
problems‟3000 Maori living in AucklandMaori population in Auckland: 805Maori living conditions in Pukekohe 'shocking'11,297 in serious housing need in Auckland, 1/3 MaoriEmergency housing stays now average 31 weeks up from 12Auckland City Council considers selling housing stock9 of 10 Department of Maori Affairs offices close in AucklandProductivity Commission report, land in MUL 10 times priceNational denies housing 'crisis'Median house price now 10.2 times income20,000 in states houses in Auckland, 60,000 more qualify for themLarge shift of Maori from inner Auckland to outer suburbsConcern Maori rights removed from Unitary PlanIncreased housing density under Auckland's revised Unitary Plan may not mean more quality homes for those on low incomes$18,000 a week spent. on temp accom in North Shore hotelsNgāti Whātua take Crown to court over land salesTe Matapihi Report for IMSBDepartment of Maori Affairs begins urban lendingAuckland Plan: 45% of rental households pay more than 30% of incomeCensus shows more renters in Auckland than rest of NZThird of all Maori HNZC tenants live in Auckland100 Maori living at labour camp in Mangere1800 Maori in Auckland
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