Whanau

It is a Maori Party initiative called Whanau Ora, or Well Family, and has been extensively discussed by MPs and ministers.

National Business Review (NBR) New Zealand 2009

Evidence in the form of 98 written statements and 40 exhibits was handed to two justices of the peace, including a large ripped sheet of paper containing words in Maori, titled “Whanau Karakia” and handwritten in block letters.

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Prime Minister John Key has been forced to repeat that the Maori Party's Whanau Ora programme will be for all New Zealanders, after fresh differences of opinion with National's junior support partner.

Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By COLIN ESPINER 2010

The Maori Party has been a huge disappointment and Whanau ora will likely be its biggest failure.

NZ On Screen 2010

"I have no doubt that a large number of families who want to go on the Whanau Ora programme will be Maori, but not all of them will be."

Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By COLIN ESPINER 2010

Whanau spokesperson Kit Toogood told Waatea News that the family was happy to pass over the rights when Maori Television wanted to resurrect the show with up to 40% Maori-language content.

Radio New Zealand News Headlines 2010

With Whanau Ora we have a similar approach with the aim to benefit struggling Maori families which National will use to undermine state provision of social services and open the sector for the damages and ravages of privatisation.

NZ On Screen 2010

The Maori Party has been a huge disappointment and Whanau ora will likely be its biggest failure.

NZ On Screen 2010

With Whanau Ora we have a similar approach with the aim to benefit struggling Maori families which National will use to undermine state provision of social services and open the sector for the damages and ravages of privatisation.

NZ On Screen 2010

The Maori Party has been a huge disappointment and Whanau ora will likely be its biggest failure.

NZ On Screen 2010