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 8-house Papakāinga in Heretaunga and we have successfully assisted a number of whānau with their Papakāinga journey.
We are building intentional communities and capacity within each whānau. We know that Papakāinga is the most affordable pathway to home ownership. Whānau are able to achieve security of tenure for this generation and future generations to come.
Papakāinga development is a unique process in that we are working with whānau who want to reconnect to their ancestral lands. 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
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.”
Success for us is you succeeding.
Our Process
We will assist you to secure funding for both the Feasibility and Development stages.
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 and apply to TPK for funding for the developmental stage.
Development
We will Project manage the delivery of the infrastructure components of your build to meet local authority regulations, rules and standards. We will assist you to design and build your affordable quality homes for your whānau and the next generations.
We have several projects throughout the North Island with Hawkes Bay being our primary region of development. We are very open to discussing your project with you no matter your location.