Tama Potaka
Associate Housing Minister
Topics
- Whānau Ora funding investigationQuiet since 30 Jun 2025
- Feral cats and Predator Free 2050Quiet since 10 Dec 2025
- Dame Tariana Turia death and tangihangaQuiet since 7 Jan 2025
- Treaty Principles Bill submissions and haka inquiryQuiet since 26 Mar 2025
- Waitangi Day 2025Quiet since 7 Feb 2025
- Emergency housing access and homelessnessQuiet since 11 Mar 2025
- Resource Management Act replacement planQuiet since 26 Mar 2025
- Te Pāti Māori haka suspensionsQuiet since 7 Jun 2025
- Hauraki Gulf marine protection lawQuiet since 22 Nov 2025
- Tongariro National Park wildfireQuiet since 20 Nov 2025
All stories
October 2026
- Luxon defends National MP after photo with gang members emerges
+2 - Costco approved to lodge fast-track application for Christchurch store
+2
December 2025
- Final emergency housing motel contracts end in Rotorua
- Government proposes reforms to the Retirement Villages Act+1
November 2025
- Ngāi Tahu takes Crown to High Court over conservation reforms
+1 - Feral cats to be included in Predator Free 2050 programme
- Feral cats added to Predator Free 2050 eradication list+2
- Wildfire recovery offers chance for native regeneration in Tongariro National Park
October 2025
- Government pledges $6m towards Hauraki Gulf restoration initiative
- Government announces $28m boost for Rotorua iwi housing project
September 2025
- Public reserve to be established on Miramar Peninsula
- Government outlines plan to support people sleeping rough
August 2025
July 2025
June 2025
- Ngāti Toa launches new agency to distribute Whānau Ora funds
- Moana Pasifika owners deny Super Rugby team received public funding
- Investigation launched into alleged misuse of Whānau Ora public funding
- Minister seeks urgent advice over Whānau Ora advertisement
- Iwi files court action over Ruapehu ski field concessions
- Government announces plan for 189 affordable homes in Rotorua
- Government invests $15.2m in Milford Sound and rejects cruise ship ban
- Sixty-three Kāinga Ora tenancies terminated following behaviour crackdown
May 2025
- Te Pāti Māori co-leaders absent from Budget debate
- Government increases annual funding for Māori Wardens by $1.5 million
March 2025
- Government to amend Wildlife Act following High Court ruling
- Māori Development Minister unaware Treaty clause removed from RMA reform
- Te Puni Kōkiri to replace Whānau Ora commissioning agencies
- Luxon denies stricter emergency housing rules caused more homelessness+1
- Richard Prebble resigns from the Waitangi Tribunal+1
February 2025
- Government announces $4.5m funding boost for QEII National Trust
- Government announces $30m for conservation and tourism projects
- Minister Shane Jones threatens to cut Waitangi National Trust funding
- David Seymour's hapū requests he skip Waitangi Day commemorations
January 2025
- Minister replaces half of Waitangi Tribunal membership
- Ngāti Porou and government partner for Gisborne affordable housing project
- Supporters and politicians pay respects at Dame Tariana Turia’s tangi+3
December 2024
November 2024
Photo: New Zealand National Party, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons