Budget 2010 will invest $134.3 million in the Whanau Ora welfare approach, Prime Minister John Key announced today.Twenty providers would be selected to implement the policy, with expressions of interest being called for next month.Whanua Ora is a Maori P
Budget 2010 will invest $134.3 million in the Whanau Ora welfare approach, Prime Minister John Key announced today.
Twenty providers would be selected to implement the policy, with expressions of interest being called for next month.
Whanua Ora is a Maori Party flagship policy designed to give a major shake-up to the welfare system.
It is intended to improving efficiency of social services by lessening replication, and improving co-ordination between providers.
Maori Party co-leder Tariana Turia called the announcement a "significant day for Whanau Ora", thanking the Government for its commitment to it.
