Kokiri 20 - Te Puni Kokiri

WHÄNAU ORAWhänau Ora Governance Group. Left to right: Stephen McKernan, Sir Mason Durie, Rob Cooper (chair), Leith Comer, Peter Hughes, Nancy Tuaine.THE LATEST FROM WHÄNAU ORA• 130 Expressions of Interest proposals for Whänau Ora havebeen received for the first and second waves (57 in 1 st wave& 73 in 2 nd wave) by a total of 347 providers from around thecountry.• Nearly 40% of all EOIs submitted were behalf of providercollectives – several with a national focus.• EOIs had also been received from Pacific; refugee/migrant;and disability providers.• Ten Whänau Ora Regional Leadership Groups around thecountry are assessing of the second wave Expressions ofInterest. The Whänau Ora Governance Group has consideredmany first wave providers but has not yet finished theidentification of providers to progress to Programmes ofAction.• When complete, the Whänau Ora Governance Group willconsider recommendations from both the first and secondwaves.• The Governance Group will then make final considerationsregarding those providers selected to advance to thenext stage of developing a Programme of Action (POA)and communicate those to the Minister Responsible forannouncement.• A Programme of Action provides a detailed plan of how aprovider will deliver integrated services to whänau.• An announcement of those providers selected to develop aPOA is expected in early October.