11emailprint “Blatant bloody racism” is how MANA leader Hone Harawira described National’s call for a review into ‘the cost effectiveness of Maori health providers’. “Government spends $7 million over several years on an assessment tool for adult literacy but only $150,000 on an evaluation tool for Maori health providers and they want it yesterday”. “And [...]
A Maori health provider says the Government has a hidden agenda in pulling funding for its programme. The Waipareira Trust, part of the Family Start programme that provides support for young families, is one of five health providers being pulled by the Government after a 2009 report showed they were falling short of the criteria [...]
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(RadioNZ) A social services Grovider in south Auckland says its work is coming under intense government scrutiny. Family Start Manukau says it is visited every month by officials from the Ministry of Social Development checking up on its home visiting programme for high-needs whanau. Chief executive Colleen Fakalogotoa says her staff have been frightened that [...]
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Te Ope Koiora o Waikato-Tainui will be officially launched at a ceremony to be held during the Waikato-Tainui Games at Hopuhopu. Launch date: Saturday 18 February Time: 12.30pm Address: Hopuhopu Sports Complex 451 Old Taupiri Rd The launch will feature speeches by Parekawhia McLean, CEO Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui Inc, and Hori Awa, Chair, Te [...]
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Select Committee hearing on Whanau Ora dispels recent criticism says Flavell Maori Party MP for Waiariki, Te Ururoa Flavell, is challenging the critics of Whanau Ora following this morning’s M?ori Affairs Select Committee hearing in which Te Puni Kokiri presented progress on Whanau Ora. “The evidence provided to the committee showed Whanau Ora has been [...]
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KTV Consulting, a Wellington-based company which assists Maori organisations (Governance Boards undertaking Governance training through to helping administration staff set up filing systems) is set to expand in the new year. Karen Vercoe (Te Arawa), owner and Principal Consultant of KTV Consulting Ltd, told TangataWhenua.com, “Our relationships with our clients are paramount and I feel [...]
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Te Pataka Uara Te Rau Matatini with support from Te Ao Auahatanga Maori Innovations Fund is pleased to announce a new workforce development programme, a whanau-centred initiative called Te Pataka Uara (the storehouse of valuable resources) Te Pataka Uara is an indigenous framework that acknowledges the valuable role whanau play in the delivery of whanau [...]
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By Yvonne Tahana National and the Maori Party look to be singing from the same song sheet when it comes to significant Maori policies. However, some academics believe the Maori Party has more to lose as both parties defend the situation as mutually beneficial. Whanau Ora’s implementation remains the cornerstone of both parties’ Maori policy, [...]
Continue reading …A report released by Every Child Counts provides evidence that children are the “victims in New Zealand’s growing brown underclass” with over over half of the 200,000 New Zealand children living below the poverty line being from Maori and Pacific Island communities. Click here to access the full report [pdf] Child advocate Dr Hone Kaa, [...]
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Ngati Pikao, Te Arawa business women, Karen Vercoe, has just launched the KTV Consulting website and hopes it will help make a difference for Maori organisations wanting to turn “their organisation passion into highly achieving, organisation performance”. KTV Consulting Ltd offers a one stop shop for Maori organisations, from working with Governance Boards undertaking Governance [...]
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