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Friday, 21 May 2021, 5:13 am Budget 2021 makes significant investment in Manurewa and secures the recovery from COVID. "This budget addressed long term challenges like housing, inequality and climate change which are so important to the people of South Auckland, while making sure we can continue to grow the economy," said Arena Williams, MP for Manurewa. The government raising main benefits by between $32 to $55 per adult, in line with recommendations by the Welfare Expert Advisory Group. This will lift more children out of poverty and tackle inequality, and provide much-needed stimulus for ...

Mike King: Ministry needs to sort out crisis in mental health services 9 May, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read OPINION: Is anybody else confused by the shortage of mental health counselling services around the country right now? Over the past six months, we have seen a steady flow of alarming media stories highlighting the chronic shortfalls in mental health services, including but not limited to underfunded services, excruciating wait times of up to 12 months and burn-out by mental health professionals. As someone who stood alongside the Prime Minister at a press conference and defended the G...

Health Minister Andrew Little says the funding will make a difference. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook Little today announced $4.6 million to extend services through Northland, Auckland and Waitemata District Health Boards. The new money will help provide support for 240,000 people. "Youth are at the greatest risk of developing mental health issues because of the rapid changes that occur between the ages of 12 to 24," Little said. "We need to work on preventing mental health and addiction issues from developing, and intervening early when challenges start to arise." The funds will go to Emerge Aotearo...

MIQ security guard's testing hiatus: Ardern maintains company, guard to blame Craig Mcculloch © Provided by Radio New Zealand Jacinda Ardern makes Mana Ake announcement, Manurewa, 15 April Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has conceded her language was "a bit blunt" when she called an MIQ guard a liar, but maintains he and his employer bear some responsibility for the latest testing failure. The worker's employer First Security, meanwhile, has placed the blame on the Ministry of Health's testing register system. Ardern later told Parliament and reporters that the man had lied a...

Kirsty Frame A mental health and wellbeing programme for primary and intermediate school children will be expanded to five new district health board (DHB) areas. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement at Homai School in Manurewa. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook The government announced today that Mana Ake would be rolled out to schools in the Northland, Counties Manukau, Bay of Plenty, Lakes and West Coast DHBs. Mana Ake was established in 2018 in Canterbury and Kaikōura in response to the trauma some children were experiencing after the earthquakes in 2010/2011 and 2016. Since then more...