Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 5, 2019 17:10:34 GMT 12
WHĀNAU ORA BETTER POSITIONED FOR AT RISK CHILDREN
A south Taranaki iwi leader says Oranga Tamariki needs to get out of the way and hand the care and protection of tamariki Māori to whānau ora.
"Our whānau ora navigators, our whānau ora framework, is better positioned to be inside with our whānau who need more tautoko, not judging, tautoko. In order to do that we need to resource them, we need to acknowledge that they are better positioned than often the social workers that come out of the crown. So there are some obvious, easy things that could happen and the only thing in the way is the crown, that they still have this patriarchal attitude where they believe they know best for us as Māori,".....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjIxMTQ/Wh%C4%81nau-ora-better-positioned-for-at-risk-children
A south Taranaki iwi leader says Oranga Tamariki needs to get out of the way and hand the care and protection of tamariki Māori to whānau ora.
"Our whānau ora navigators, our whānau ora framework, is better positioned to be inside with our whānau who need more tautoko, not judging, tautoko. In order to do that we need to resource them, we need to acknowledge that they are better positioned than often the social workers that come out of the crown. So there are some obvious, easy things that could happen and the only thing in the way is the crown, that they still have this patriarchal attitude where they believe they know best for us as Māori,".....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjIxMTQ/Wh%C4%81nau-ora-better-positioned-for-at-risk-children