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August 13, 2024 3 mins

The Māori Development Minister says iwi will welcome clarity about the responsibilities of major Māori agencies.  

The Government is shifting some functions of Te Arawhiti —the Office for Māori-Crown Relations— to the Ministry for Māori Development. 

Te Arawhiti will now focus solely on negotiating Treaty of Waitangi settlements and Takutai Moana applications and the Ministry for Māori Development will focus on economic and social development, and other such matters. 

Minister Tama Potaka told Mike Hosking there’s been a lot of concern around the context of how Treaty related and Māori issues have been engaged with, but both he and Iwi and Māori leaders throughout the country want their confusion sorted.  

He said that they don’t want ambiguity in this space, and neither does he.  

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The much telegraph shakeup of Marie government departments has finally
been revealed sort of. The government is looking to streamline
the functions of the Office for Marie Crown Relations and
the Ministry for Mari Development. Now the Marory Crown Relations
Minister is of course Tim of Potuka, who is with us.
A very good morning to.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
You, got on Mike and it's a beautiful day. And
kettykidd or Hamilton.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
I reckon is it actually been announced or has this
sort of been leaked in by a thousand cuts through
leaked emails and stuff like that.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Both. There's been a bit of distribution prior to the announcement,
but we've announced it. We're really focused on supporting mighty
economic and social success and dealing to treaty quins.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
So is this about efficiencies essentially?

Speaker 2 (00:40):
It is. There's a bit of confusion and a bit
of duplication across the public sector in these matters, but
we're really focused on making sure we get many development
from government perspective back on track.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
Okay, So the Office of Maori Crown Relations only deal
with treaty settlements, right.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
That's what we want to happen out of for TV
office to deal with treaty settlements and Tucker time warn
or customary title issues and then to put in corkey
get up for future focus around economic and social development
and other matters.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Given that, as you explain, it makes perfect sense why
the angst.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Ah there's a lot of concern with what's been going
on the context of how we're engaging on treaty related
and Marty issues, but aren't pretty firm and suddenly and
my soundings with EU and Marty leaders throughout the country,
they want their confusion sorted. They don't want ambiguity in
this space, and neither do our New Zealanders generally.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Are their job losses involve.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
Well, it's a matter to be dealt with with Public
Service Commissioner and the chief executives. What's really clear to
me is that there is a little bit of duplication.
But if I look at all the credible, positive, successful
MARTI businesses and social services providers and say, okay, how
can we really supercharge them to do the jobs that
they need to do, and in the meantime set all
the outstanding treaty claims like napoo and more qui parts here.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
Right when you say napoo, it just it triggers me.
How long are we going to have treaty settlements going for?

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Well, there are some outstanding courses leading about seventy percent,
but the historic ones we really want to deal with
them within the next five or six years. But Miss
Goldsmith ultimately in charge of that matter.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
Indeed, but it seems odd that fifty years on from
the White Tangi Tribunal, we're still sitting here talking about
and having infrastructure funded by the taxpayer to argue over
treaty settlements that probably should have been settled twenty thirty
or forty years ago.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Well, that's part of why we're really focused on making
sure this office, the Office of Mighty Crown Relations, is
really dedicated to dealing to the remaining treaty settlements so
then we can get on into that future development space
that I'm so enthusiastic about with GDPPA capita, which is
where we need to be.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Right, what do you reckon the Reserve Bank's going to
do today?

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Oh, no comment, no comment. I have a mortgage, so
let's see how that goes.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Okay, have you got carpet any garage.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Carbon carpet? Carpet? No, no carpet in my garage.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Have you ever had a carpeted garage?

Speaker 2 (02:58):
No, I've never had one of those, and sometimes I
haven't ed a garage either.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
Well, there you go. If I asked you what percentage
of garages in this country are carpeted, what would you say?

Speaker 2 (03:08):
H one out of six.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
Ninety three post ninety three percent are carpeted. Are carpeted?

Speaker 2 (03:16):
Oh, I'm in the lucky seven percent.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Has to talk to your time at Tammerfotaker, who's the
married Crown Relations Minister.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
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