A dedicated Māori Housing Unit is being established to try to improve housing opportunities for Māori.
Housing Minister Phil Twyford said Māori home ownership sits at 43 per cent, with the general population at 63 per cent, however National doubted whether "yet another branch of bureaucracy will result in getting the help Māori need".
"Māori make up 36 per cent of public housing tenants yet comprise just under 15 per cent of the general population, and Māori are five times more likely than Pakeha to be homeless," Mr Twyford said.
"These statistics are not acceptable to our Government. We are committed to making sure our policies deliver for Māori, through KiwiBuild, building more public housing, and ending homelessness."
National's housing spokesperson Judith Collins said it came down to the supply of housing being the underlying problem across New Zealand.
"The cost of housing and the delay in building houses will not be addressed without full reform of the Resource Management Act and the planning process.
"There is a need to address housing models on Māori land which, because of the ownership structure, is very difficult to burrow against.
Minister Nanaia Mahuta has been appointed the Associate Minister of Housing and Urban Development (Māori Housing) to lead the development.
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