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National jumping gun on He Puapua action 05 May 2021 12:21 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x2d64c88) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says work being done on initiatives like the Māori Health Authority, Corrections and Oranga Tamariki predate the report He Puapua and aren’t part of some secret agenda. National Party leader Judith Collins says the report, which outlines potential responses to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, is already being acted on by Labour despite only just being made public under an Official Information Act request. She says many of ...

Former National Party leader Don Brash is on the hunt for funds to help gangsters read and write.

Revamped Ngawha part of bigger vision for Taitokerau tourism 27 Apr 2021 13:48 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x40db5a8) Former provincial growth minister Shane Jones says the revamped Ngāwhā Springs Hot Pools are just part of a cluster of infrastructure that sets a foundation for growth as the north comes out of Covid. The pools reopened today after a year-long, $4 million refurbishment funded by the Provincial Growth Fund, Foundation North, Lotteries, Te Puni Kōkiri and Northland Inc. Mr Jones says the Ngāwhā or Pārahirahi area is also benefiting from an industrial park that wil...

Reti counts cost of health sector competition 27 Apr 2021 13:48 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x2651518) National’s health spokesperson says the proposed health sector reforms will create unnecessary competition between Māori and mainstream. Shane Reti says replacing 20 district health boards with Health NZ and its four regional divisions is a return to the regional health boards of the 1990s, which ignored the needs of regions like Taitokerau and Tairāwhiti. The former Whangārei GP says throwing a Māori Health Authority into the mix doesn’t guarantee better services for Māori. ...

Bold health plan gets tick from Māori 21 Apr 2021 12:54 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x24a2518) Bold and sweeping is how a senior Māori doctor is describing changes to the health system. Health Minister Andrew Little today unveiled the Government’s response to the Health and Disability Services Report, including replacing district health boards with a national body, Health NZ, scrapping the 30 primary health organisations, and setting up a Māori Health Authority to sit alongside Health NZ. Dr Rawiri Jansen says the Government has responded to a crescendo of concern about health ine...