About Us
Sheeran Associates Ltd has organically evolved out of the need for healthy affordable homes for whānau Māori on their ancestral lands – Papakāinga.
Our journey started in 2013
with the Aorangi Māori Trust Board an 8-house Papakāinga in Heretaunga, following the success of that project we have successfully assisted a number of whānau with their Papakāinga journey.
Papakāinga development is a unique process in that we are working with whānau who want to reconnect to their ancestral lands. We are building intentional communities and Whānau are able to achieve security of tenure for the current generation and future generations to come.
We know that Papakāinga is the most affordable pathway to home ownership and being a kaupapa Māori based business means that it is important to us as a team to hold true to our core values.
5 Core Values
Success for us is you succeeding.Māori
The Sheeran Associates team pride ourselves in Te Reo Māori me ōna Tikanga, we bring an understanding of Kaupapa Māori into our daily practice while working alongside whānau to develop the dreams and aspirations of your whānau and your whenua.
“Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua.”
Knowledgeable
The experiences, understandings and learning we share, as a kaupapa Māori organisaion, underpins our knowledge to help meet ambitions for whānau and whenua.
“Hāpaitia te ara tika pūmau ai te rangatiratanga mō ngā uri whakatipu.”
Whānau
We embrace “Whānau” in every aspect of our day – our team are our working whānau, we work for and with your whānau, everyone we deal with becomes our whānau whānui – and as whānau we embrace whakapapa, manaakitanga, whakawhanaungatanga, kotahitanga, wairuatanga.
“He aroha whakatō – he aroha puta mai”
Passionate
Sheeran Associates are very passionate about our whānau having safe, dry, warm and affordable housing on their land.
“Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata, haere whakamua.”
Success
Success for us is setting goals and timelines and as a whānau collective, walking together and creating a pathway for whānau to achieve those goals.
“Nā tō rourou nā tōku rourou ka ora ai te iwi.”
Our Process
We will endeavor to make the project feasible to secure funding for development.
Feasibility
During this stage we facilitate and assess all the various components of a build, including the whānau vision, land assessment, compliance, and financial modelling to apply for funding for the developmental stage.
Development
Once funding is secured our Project Managers will manage the delivery of the development components beginning with the infrastructure ensuring that they meet local authority regulations, rules and standards.
Following the infrastructure component is the construction of the dwellings, where we go through the process of building your whare from the ground up and incorporating a bit of the clients creativity through the choice of colours and specsifications such as tapware to kitchebn bench tops.