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Māori Trades and Training Fund

The Māori Trades and Training Fund (MTTF) is designed to encourage Māori organisations to try different approaches to engaging and keeping Māori in employment-focused training opportunities. The MTTF funds kaupapa Māori projects so they can offer employment-based training alongside support services, such as pastoral care.

Projects are Māori-led and offer benefits that are specific and relevant to Māori. Projects will help develop skills:

  • that are in demand in the job market
  • to enter and progress in sustainable employment.

The Fund is available across Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Ministry of Social Development and Te Puni Kōkiri work together to approve applications to the Māori Trades and Training Fund.

Te Puni Kōkiri or Ministry of Māori Development

Who the fund is for

Funding is available for Māori entities. This includes a:

  • Māori authority registered by Inland Revenue (IR)
  • Māori business - more than 50% Māori ownership or a Māori authority as defined by IR
  • registered charity or incorporated society, with a stated focus on improving outcomes for Māori
  • statutory Māori Trust Board created by an Act of Parliament
  • Post Settlement Governance Entity (PSGE)
  • commercial subsidiary wholly owned by a PSGE
  • mandated iwi organisation under the Māori Fisheries Act 2004
  • coalition of Māori collectives, or
  • coalition with a non-Māori entity led by one of the above.

What the fund does

The Fund supports Māori entities to:

  • deliver initiatives developed by Māori, for Māori
  • deliver support in settings that are relevant and applicable to Māori
  • in partnership and with investment from the Crown, provide tailored, community-led projects
  • provide paid, employment-based training opportunities.
  • address labour market barriers by providing wraparound support services such as pastoral care
  • help towards sustainable employment
  • play a coordination function with one or more employers
  • provide skills that are in demand in the job market rather than for an immediate project.

A detailed version of the criteria can be found here:

Māori Trades and Training Fund assessment criteria

Get in touch for more information

If you're a Māori entity and would like to find out more about the Māori Trades and Training Fund, email us at MTTFund@msd.govt.nz

Project

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Region

Ara Hauora Kotahi Kotahi Construction (NZ) Ltd Bay of Plenty
Aukaha Aukaha (1997) Limited Southern
Creating Pathways for Better Futures ELE Group Auckland
Cutthroat Brothers Education Cutthroat Brothers Limited Waikato
E Tu Rangatira Noaia Charitable Trust Canterbury
Empowering Māori In Trades Mana Within LTD Auckland
Generation Programme Te Rūnanga o Tūranganui a Kiwa East Coast
Hikina Te Kauae Ama Civil Auckland
Kaitiaki Taiao o Ngāti Rēhia Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rēhia Trust Northland
Kia Tupu, Kia Ora (If it is nurtured, it will thrive) Ngati Hine Health Trust Northland
LWYE Learn While You Earn Tāne Mahuta (NZ) Limited Bay of Plenty
Mahi Ākoranga He Puna Marama Charitable Trust Northland
Mahi Pai Ora Te Kopu Auckland
Mahi Toa Qualifications and Employment Industries RecruitMe NZ Northland
Manaaki Tangata Social Labour Supply Limited Auckland
Manawa Mātauranga Trade Academy Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Manawa Bay of Plenty
Māori Group Training Trust Initiative Waihōpai Hauora Trust Southern
Māoriland Trades Training Course Māoriland Charitable Trust Central
Netcor Education and Training Te Puna Wai Matauranga o Wairakei Bay of Plenty
Nga Kaimahi Kainga o Toa Rangatira Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Incorporated Wellington
Oranga Tautiaki Tuakana-Teina Cadetship (East Coast) Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga East Coast
Paetawhiti Hustle Group Canterbury
Papatono Mahi Te Kōhao Health Ltd Waikato
Poipoia te Kākano - Nuture the Seed Rotomā No. 1 Incorporation Bay of Plenty
Pukana Māori Internships Sapphire Consultants Limited Wellington
Rangatahi Development North Drill Ltd Northland
Skills for Construction - Scaffolding and Roofing KMF Investments Limited Waikato
Tairāwhiti – Mahi Tū Mahi Ora Te Rūnanga o Tūranganui a Kiwa East Coast
Takitimu Tuanui K3 Development Limited Partnership East Coast
Tamaiti Whāngai He Pukenga Toi Manawa Te Rūnanganui o te Āti Awa ki te Upoko o te Ika a Māui Inc Wellington
Te Aukaiao - Certificate in River Enhancement (Applied) L4 Pūniu River Care Incorporated Waikato
Te Kotuku Mātauranga o Ngāti Whare Minginui Nursery Limited Partnership Bay of Plenty
Te Mana Whai Pūkenga mo Hauraki - Hauraki Integrated Employment Support Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki Waikato
Te Pae Herenga o Tāmaki Makaurau Employment Programme Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency (WOCA) Auckland
Te Rerenga Hautūtanga Te Aratika Industry Training East Coast
Te Tapu o Tane – Hauora & whanau ora Te Tapu o Tāne Limited Southern
Te Tautoko Ora - Mahi Whakaara Te Tautoko Ora Foundation Trust Nelson / Marlborough / West Coast
Te Uru Maire Māoriland Charitable Trust Central
Te Waharoa Whatukura Limited Waikato
The Mahi Group Project MR03.0269 Kiwi Staff Ltd Waikato
Tiaki Te Taiao NZ Māori Council Wellington
Tihiora - Māori Trades and Training Programme CLW Services Limited t/a Ahukura Education and Training Nelson / Marlborough / West Coast
Top Line Training Academy Top Line Contracting East Coast
Tupoho Toitū Te Mahi Tupoho Investments Limited Taranaki / King Country / Whanganui
Waipareira Trust Maori Trades Training Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust Auckland
Waipareira Trust Māori Trades Training Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust Auckland
Whai Mahi Whai Ora (WMWO) WERA Consultants Ltd Bay of Plenty
Whakatohea Pre-Apprenticeship Trade Training Te Pou Oranga o Whakatohea Limited Bay of Plenty

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