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In 1906, the Native Department was established under the leadership of Native Affairs Minister James Carroll with an initial focus on land management and Māori healthcare. One early priority of the department was developing Māori land in order to boost Māori economic development and to stem the loss of Māori to Europeans.
The table below lists ministers who have held responsibility for Māori issues. Initially, the title used was Minister of Native Affairs, but the title was changed to Minister of Maori Affairs on 17 December 1947 and then to Minister of Māori Affairs with the insertion of the macron in modern orthography under the Māori Language Commission ...
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The Māori loan affair (or Hawaiian loans affair [1]) of 1986 and 1987 in New Zealand was an unauthorised attempt by the Department of Māori Affairs (today called Te Puni Kōkiri) to raise money overseas for Māori development.
During his time as Secretary of Māori Affairs, Puketapu chaired the management committee of Te Maori, the international exhibition of Māori objects as art. [4] In the United States, it was exhibited in 1984 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art , the Saint Louis Art Museum and the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in 1985 and in the Field Museum of ...
Sir Selwyn Parata's career is defined by decades of leadership and service to Ngāti Porou, Māori culture, and New Zealand. Beginning as a fencer and later joining the Department of Māori Affairs, he quickly demonstrated a commitment to advancing Māori interests.
In 1960, Prime Minister Walter Nash engaged Hunn to do a review of the Maori Affairs Department. [2] Hunn included in his review a wide-ranging summary of Maori assets, and the state of Maori in New Zealand at the time.
Expenditure was increased for Maori Affairs department lending, Housing Corporation loans, refinancing of home loans (in extreme difficulty), and the construction of state rental units (1984). [17] A new housing package was introduced, designed to target housing assistance to those in greatest need (1984). [17]