What an ill-informed blog post. The Kainga Whenua initiative is based on one that the Government already offers to all New Zealanders, the Welcome Home Loan package. Those who utilise the Kainga Whenua are able to borrow up to $200,000 without needing a deposit similarly under the Welcome Home loan package home buyers can also borrow up to $200,000 without needing a deposit. The only difference is that the Kainga Whenua offers is that it gives those who own shares in Maori land a resource to be able to build their own home. I suggest the reason why the Government would guarantee thse loans is because mainstream banks are often reluctant to lend on these sorts of properties because of the concept of communal ownership and the lack of security this offers. Fair call by the banks but Maori owned land equates to 5 per cent of all the land in New Zealand and surely isn't it better if these people are given the opportunity their own home on land which belongs to them particularly if it alleviates some of the demand for Government welfare such as state housing.

Yes Kiwibank is the lender, just as they are under the Welcome Home loan scheme. The Government, however, will act as guarantor for those Kainga Whenua loans because a loan from a mainstream to improve the property can rarely be raised against Maori owned land.

Education? you need it, jobs, youll need one soon, you might even need a house,i dont want your name on the dole cue but it will be there, so miss mrs or mr smug get a life after all its just relity folks

Dear kiwis why dont you stop Maori bashing and stop generalizing not all Maori need your hand out, most of us (kiwi maori)have pakeha, chinese,American, Irish, scotish, nuie,german, samoan, indian and a mixture of other races to many to mention, so why are these mixed bloods still called maori? is because they have olive skin or because sociatie has decided be cause they take there MAORI culture they classed as Maori, well yes the are and they have another side that which is not mentioned in any court or the media dose the same ie ( a Maori youth was caught etc etc but that youth was part pakeha so why didnt it read a european youth was caught etc etc that is what i call down right Maori bashing, so kiwiians lets not bash the tangata whenua because, you never know, you might be part Maori and dont know it, look back into you ancestary you might be surprised. wouldnt that be wonderful. hmmm

Hey are we kiwi or what ,the last time i looked kiwis were good caring people lets help each other ,rather than shoot each other .Come on folks , i logged on to look at imformation about housing and ........i thought i was in a slangging match.If the Goverment can help maori to get into their own homes on their own land ,rather than paying rent to them for the rest of their lifes.Then good on them .We are people not a thing ,and each one has their own story,My ten cents worth is ,Good on ya Kiwi bank ,Go the government ,They need to be in the business of empowering people not the opposite ,what ever happens they have to pay the bank anyway , so its not a hand out its a hand up.

hmmm I would love to see who these Maori are that are benefiting from all the "slinging out of Maori for special treatment". and who these Maori are that have land. I can show you iwi's that have land but cant use and I can show you a whole lot of pakeha that do have land and can use.

Perhaps more focus should not be given on what Maori are supposedly recieving but perhaps how it is being distributed. As currently with all these "special treatments" Maori supposedly have, Maori are yet still to recieve these individually.

if your not happy with being with white man, take off those shoes, make some bone hooks and a waka and piss of, help save my taxes thats for sure
if your happy to live with white man, ^white man has to live with you^
then your welcome to use everything we have provided even the dole, just stop segragating yourselves from us. and use 1 flag because we are 1 country.