On 24 February 2025, Te Puni Kōkiri took on five new functions that have previously been delivered by Te Arawhiti. This was accompanied by the funding associated with these functions and 44 full time equivalent positions.

The transferred functions are:

• ensuring public service capability to engage effectively with Māori;
• providing strategic advice on the distinct rights, interests and responsibilities of Iwi, hapū and Māori, except as they relate to Treaty settlement and Takutai Moana matters;
• leading post-settlement relationships;
• co-ordinating significant events on behalf of the Crown; and
• monitoring and reporting on the Crown’s implementation of treaty settlement commitments.

This change operationalises decisions made by Cabinet across two papers in August 2024. You can read those papers here and here.

Te Puni Kōkiri is proud to be entrusted with these functions and eager to pick up on the good work of Te Arawhiti in these respects.

We are in the process of integrating these new functions into our work programme as well as making our new kaimahi feel at home. 

For the moment, we have migrated existing material from the Te Arawhiti website to the pages linked below for the convenience of users that regularly access them. There may be some Te Arawhiti branding that remains in linked documents but we are in the process of updating this to Te Puni Kōkiri branding. In addition, new email addresses have been established for the common external inquiries. These email addresses are:

• tehaeata@tpk.govt.nz - For questions related to Te Haeata – The Settlement Portal.
• postsettlement@tpk.govt.nz - For questions related to the delivery of Treaty settlement commitments. 
• publicsectorcapability@tpk.govt.nz - For questions related to Whāinga Amorangi and public sector capability related to Māori Crown relations.

If you have any general queries about the transfer of functions, please contact: TPKinfo@tpk.govt.nz

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