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Overview
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loginMāori 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.
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:
How to register your interest
If you are a Māori entity and would like to apply for funding through the Māori Trades and Training Fund, please download and complete an Expression of Interest (EOI) form.
Please email your completed and signed EOI form to MTTFund@MSD.govt.nz.
We will let you know we have received your form within two business days.
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