Red Alert » Whanau ora http://blog.labour.org.nz A blog written by Labour MPs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Whanau Ora another issue http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/02/20/whanau-ora-another-issue/ http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/02/20/whanau-ora-another-issue/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:00:39 +0000 Trevor Mallard http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=11208 Most of the focus on Whanau Ora has been on ethnicity of those who will  run and and use Whanau Ora.

Isn’t the bigger issue going to be those who can’t get access to their current provider (eg doctor), or are charged more because a contract has been cut to fund Tariana’s family’s programme.

]]> http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/02/20/whanau-ora-another-issue/feed/ 2 What is Whanau Ora meant to achieve? http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/02/09/what-is-whanau-ora-meant-to-achieve/ http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/02/09/what-is-whanau-ora-meant-to-achieve/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:01:42 +0000 Kelvin Davis http://blog.labour.org.nz/index.php/2010/02/09/what-is-whanau-ora-meant-to-achieve/ What exactly is Tariana Turia’s “Whanau Ora” policy about? No one knows.

Today in the house Tariana said she “hopes whanau will be no worse off, and hopefully be in a position to enjoy an improved quality of life” because of Whanau Ora.

Tariana Turia wants whanau to take a blind leap of faith in her flagship Whanau Ora policy but then absolutely fails to give assurances that when whanau blindly jump, that they’re actually going to land on something of substance.

Surely there has to be an expectation that whanau will be significantly better off from this policy, not simply a hope they “won’t be worse off?”

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