Mahuta Nanaia: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
Mahuta Nanaia: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
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10. 
Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato) 
 to the  
Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment 
: Does she agree with all the recommendations proposed by the Whanau Ora task force in the report released to her last week; if so when does she intend to release the report? 
Hon TARIANA TURIA (Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment) 
: 
 The Government is currently considering all the recommendations of the report and the report will be released once it has gone through the appropriate process. 
Hon Nanaia Mahuta 
: Does the Minister believe that the integrity of Maori Party policy regarding Whanau Ora will be compromised when the concept is 
implemented by the Government or had she always intended that there be a one-size-fits-all approach to Whanau Ora? 
Hon TARIANA TURIA 
: No I do not believe that the integrity of the Whanau Ora programme will be compromised because it was always believed that this particular concept could be translated into any community within Aotearoa. I have been very clear about that right from the beginning. 
Hon Nanaia Mahuta 
: I did not think integrity was in the Maori Party’s vocabulary. Does the Minister still believe that she retains support from the Ministers of Health and Pacific Island Affairs to initiate her original Whanau Ora policy and will this support extend to a preferred-provider pathway to implement Whanau Ora? 
Hon TARIANA TURIA 
: I am very happy to report to the House that all of the Ministers involved in this particular project have been supportive and that it is my firm belief that it will be rolled out as soon as possible. 
Te Ururoa Flavell 
: Tena koe Mr Speaker. Kia ora tatou e te Whare. Has the Minister heard any reports about how Maori have received the concept of Whanau Ora? 
Hon TARIANA TURIA 
: I have been advised that over 600 people attended the 22 hui held throughout the country by the task force to discuss Whanau Ora and that there were over 100 submissions. Overall the responses indicated enormous enthusiasm. 
Hon Parekura Horomia 
: Does she agree with the Prime Minister who likened Whanau Ora to a waterbed and suggested “If you push down on one side if you don’t address the problems it’s going to rise on the other side.”; if not why not? 
Hon TARIANA TURIA 
: I am hoping that the bed has just the Prime Minister in it and not the member who asked the question but I think—[ 
Interruption 
] 
Mr SPEAKER 
: I apologise to the Minister. The House has enjoyed a bit of fun on this but I cannot hear the Minister and I think it is only reasonable that I should be able to. I ask members to please be a little more reasonable with the noise. 
Hon TARIANA TURIA 
: Of course I always agree with what the Prime Minister says. 
Hon Nanaia Mahuta 
: When was the Minister informed that her comments to  
Q+A 
 suggesting that Whanau Ora was guaranteed $1 billion in funding were incorrect given that yesterday the Prime Minister confirmed that her desired funding was clearly not possible as the bulk of the funding will need to come from baseline budgets? 
Hon TARIANA TURIA 
: There was never any agreement by the Government that it would hand over $1.2 billion. In fact that amount was suggested at the economic conference that was held in Auckland—that 1 percent of the Budget might be a fair amount to look at changing the way in which services are provided in the social and health sector. 
Te Ururoa Flavell 
: Does the Minister know of any organisations that will be able to run with Whanau Ora? 
Hon TARIANA TURIA 
: There are too many to mention but what I will be supporting is an expression of interest process that will be rolled out seeking expressions of interest from those providers that are interested. 
Hon Nanaia Mahuta 
: I seek leave to table a document of a preferred-provider pathway model that was presented to the Minister so that the House can have access to it. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Would the member mind telling the House where the document is from? 
Hon Nanaia Mahuta 
: Te Whanau o Waipereira Trust. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Leave is sought to table that document. Is there any objection? There is objection. 
Te Ururoa Flavell 
: For the purposes of the House could the Minister explain why Whanau Ora is needed? 
Hon TARIANA TURIA 
: Because the results for w’anau have been disappointing because of the poor performance across the State sector. There have been inconsistencies fragmentation overlaps in service delivery duplication of effort and frequently confusion and frustration for those who have sought assistance.