Whanau Ora : Report of the Taskforce on Whanau-Centred Initiatives
Whanau Ora : Report of the Taskforce on Whanau-Centred Initiatives
Whanau Ora : Report of the Taskforce on Whanau-Centred Initiatives
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to replicate with a new funding agency. There was a sense <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> unease about<br />
moving into a new envir<strong>on</strong>ment which might not have a l<strong>on</strong>g-term future.<br />
In additi<strong>on</strong>, providers who had an interest in whānau wellbeing, but were<br />
not primarily focused <strong>on</strong> whānau, were anxious that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y might be doubly<br />
disadvantaged – unable to qualify for whānau-centred funding because<br />
whānau was a peripheral interest, yet no l<strong>on</strong>ger seen as relevant to an<br />
existing funding agency because whānau was a part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> interest.<br />
4.5.4 The <str<strong>on</strong>g>Taskforce</str<strong>on</strong>g> frequently heard that, if a whānau funding agency was not<br />
str<strong>on</strong>gly linked into regi<strong>on</strong>s and local communities, it would not be well<br />
placed to address <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> variable needs <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> whānau from regi<strong>on</strong> to regi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Hui participants emphasised <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> importance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> decisi<strong>on</strong>-making occurring<br />
as close as possible to whānau, At <strong>on</strong>e hui <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> principle <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> subsidiarity was<br />
recommended – <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> devoluti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> resp<strong>on</strong>sibility to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> smallest possible<br />
unit. Apart from a closer relati<strong>on</strong>ship between funders and providers, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
subsidiarity principle would enable local need to be better reflected in<br />
funding decisi<strong>on</strong>s. There were o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r views, however, that local decisi<strong>on</strong>making<br />
might be subject to capture by particular facti<strong>on</strong>s and, as a result,<br />
some providers could be disadvantaged. In that case it was argued that<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re would be some advantages in having a nati<strong>on</strong>al body sufficiently<br />
removed from parochial interests to support programmes that were most<br />
likely to deliver <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> desired outcomes.<br />
4.5.5 The <str<strong>on</strong>g>Taskforce</str<strong>on</strong>g> agrees that, although some c<strong>on</strong>cerns have been raised<br />
(such as regi<strong>on</strong>al resp<strong>on</strong>siveness, protecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> total funding available<br />
for whānau programmes, and funding for providers whose work is<br />
relevant though not necessarily central to whānau), <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> establishment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
a new funding agency for whānau-centred programmes has compelling<br />
potential benefits, including a simplified and integrated system <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracting that can focus <strong>on</strong> whānau collectives.<br />
4.6 Whānau <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ora</str<strong>on</strong>g> as a Foundati<strong>on</strong> for<br />
Future Generati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
4.6.1 At <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> engagement hui <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re was str<strong>on</strong>g support for policies and<br />
programmes that would benefit young people and future generati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Whānau were seen as obvious sites for nurturing infants and children and<br />
ensuring that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y grew up with positive values, healthy lifestyles, secure<br />
cultural identities and an ability to participate fully in society. The <str<strong>on</strong>g>Taskforce</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
heard many accounts <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> whānau who had successfully raised large families<br />
enabling <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>m to play active and positive roles with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir own people and<br />
in a variety <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> communities. However, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re were also accounts <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> whānau<br />
whose circumstances had not been c<strong>on</strong>ducive to positive outcomes for<br />
young people; <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>sequences <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> which were evident in preventable<br />
health incidents, low educati<strong>on</strong>al attainment, <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fending, violence, cultural<br />
alienati<strong>on</strong>, and impaired interpers<strong>on</strong>al relati<strong>on</strong>ships.<br />
Whānau <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ora</str<strong>on</strong>g> brings our<br />
whānau back into <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
collective. Back to simplicity<br />
and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> amazing models<br />
from our tupūna.<br />
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