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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 22, 2020 3:12:06 GMT 12
DAMES HEAD TO TRIBUNAL OVER WHĀNAU ORA TURMOILFive Māori women leaders including Dame Tariana Turia have filed an urgent claim to the Waitangi Tribunal alleging that the Government is underfunding and undermining Whānau Ora and they have told the Prime Minister they have lost confidence in Whānau Ora Minister Peeni Henare. Turia, the founder of Whānau Ora, says Jacinda Ardern is out of her depth. The three agencies have received $71 million a year between them. The Government announced a $19.8 million increase in the 2019 Budget but it turned out that only half of that was going to the Whānau Ora commissioning agencies and only $4.6 million of that to the largest one........ www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12301957 MINISTER PEENI HENARE 'REFUTES' WAITANGI TRIBUNAL CLAIM OVER WHĀNAU ORA FUNDINGWhānau Ora Minister Peeni Henare says a Waitangi Tribunal claim over his funding decisions is a misguided political gambit launched in the lead up to Waitangi Day. At the centre of the stoush is a promised $80 million in funding for Whānau Ora, which the group says is being snaffled by the Labour-led Government for state agencies. But Henare said the claimants "had their facts wrong", and other Government agencies were not managing Whānau Ora money or contracts..... www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/118925620/minister-peeni-henare-refutes-waitangi-tribunal-claim-over-whnau-ora-funding
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