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Kia ao ake te rā, he tio, he keo, he hauhunga

  Kia ao ake te rā, he tio, he keo, he hauhunga Let the day dawn with freezing cold, ice and frost This week the sharp bite of frost has greeted us throughout Te Waipounamu.   Window-screen iced over, the crisp…

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Whānau Ora at the heart of the Wellbeing Budget

  Health is a state of body.   Wellness is a state of being. There has been a lot said about the so-called Wellbeing budget this week. To my mind, wellbeing is just the English name for Whānau Ora. Wellbeing is…

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Sir Mark Solomon appointed Chair of Te Putahitanga o Te Waipounamu  

Te Taumata – the iwi stakeholders for Te Putahitanga o Te Waipounamu – has today announced the appointment of a new Chairperson for its Board, Tā Mark Solomon.   “We are delighted to confirm the appointment of Tā Mark as…

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We can do better

  In my former life working in parliament between 1999-2015, I was frequently horrified at the banter that went on in the House, which was normalized as parliamentary privilege, the apparent right to say whatever one wanted. To even identify…

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Family and Sexual Violence: Whānau have the solutions

Media Release FOR RELEASE, 19 May 2019 Family and Sexual Violence: Whānau have the solutions Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu welcomes the Government’s announcement today of funding of $320 million to break the cycle of family and sexual violence, but…

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Inspiring and nurturing the next generation to be our valuable tomorrow

  The young curled shoots of rarauhe emerging from the ground are sometimes generically referred to as ‘pikopiko’; a term commonly used as a metaphor for the younger or next generation of people. I started the week off in incredible…

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E-Waste Project welcomed by Whānau Ora Agency  

Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu is thrilled with Hon Eugenie Sage’s announcement this week that the Government is putting $360,000 of funding from the Waste Minimisation fund towards a project that will result in more computers in the homes of…

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Weaving a Māori pathway through the Justice System

Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu – the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency for the South Island – welcomes the announcement of $98 million to be invested in initiatives aimed to reduce Māori recidivism rates. A pre-budget event at Ngāwha Prison today…

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Real work, real talk and real change

After the earthquakes Dad shifted out from Shirley and the land of the Red Zone to Kaiapoi.  In many senses it was a coming home – home to where we’d had our childhood; days spent roaming down Raven Street and…

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What do we do with a Broken Pounamu?

  I loved a conversation I watched on social media this week responding to the question ‘what do we do with a broken pounamu’?.    Ngāi Tahu wise woman (and Chief Values Officer for Ngāi Tahu Holdings) Charisma Rangipunga responded…

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