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Media Release FOR RELEASE, 23 July 2019 The latest report from the Safety in Care Unit released by Oranga Tamariki reiterates what Māori have been saying for a long time, and that is a stronger need for early intervention methods…
Te Poho-o-Tamatea Pōkai Whenua te maunga.Ko Whakaraupō te moana.Ko Te Raki Whakaputa te tangata. Maunga ki te mauna is a kaupapa driven and born out of love for our whenua – our maunga, our awa, our wai and the…
Muhammed Ali once said “It isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you down, it’s the pebble in your shoe”. It reminds me of the oft-quoted whakataukī from Dr Rangitakuku Metekingi of Whanganui, “Ko te pae tawhiti whaia kia tata, ko…
Media Release FOR RELEASE, 9 July 2019 Whānau Ora Commissioning agency in the South Island, Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu, has welcomed the announcement that whānau carers will be entitled to up to $25.50 an hour as family carers, but…
Outside HCC premises, I was taken bey the revolutionary sight of a broken barbed wire fence. To be more specific, my eyes were drawn to the dawn breaking through; refusing to be reined in by angry barbs or corrugated iron. …
The Waitangi Tribunal’s report into the Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry gives weight to the decades of whānau experience of institutional racism in the health system, described as ‘inaction in the face of need’. All parties agreed that along…
“1 July 2019 is an important day for whānau rights, responsibilities and opportunities,” says Te Putahitanga o Te Waipounamu, Pouārahi, Helen Leahy. Two important legislative changes come into force today, impacting on the care and wellbeing of whānau. The first…
“Matariki, huarahi ki te oranga tangata.”Matariki, pathway to the well-being of people. I remember as a child being transfixed by the wonder of the wishing star that featured in Disneyland television credits, ‘when you wish upon a star, makes no…
Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu is focused on planning ahead for the demographic impacts that are evident across the populations; including the interesting trend that Māori are increasing in number at a faster rate than other population age groups. “It…
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