Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 28, 2019 3:24:44 GMT 12
POLICIES THREAT TO WHANAU MAORI
The head of the Māori midwives roopu says National’s proposed social policies will make it harder for Māori mothers to keep their babies.
While the pressure needs to stay on the current Government to address the situation, National’s policies all seem to come down to Ōranga Tamariki taking babies rather than trying to fix the problems families get into because of poverty and stress.
"The solution is not Ōranga Tamariki. The solution has to rest with policies that enable whānau to live better, have better homes, better housing, live on an income that is able to feed their family and whānau, have good health care, and get good education," she says....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMzODA/Policies-threat-to-whanau-Maori
The head of the Māori midwives roopu says National’s proposed social policies will make it harder for Māori mothers to keep their babies.
While the pressure needs to stay on the current Government to address the situation, National’s policies all seem to come down to Ōranga Tamariki taking babies rather than trying to fix the problems families get into because of poverty and stress.
"The solution is not Ōranga Tamariki. The solution has to rest with policies that enable whānau to live better, have better homes, better housing, live on an income that is able to feed their family and whānau, have good health care, and get good education," she says....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMzODA/Policies-threat-to-whanau-Maori