Chair of new Oranga Tamariki Ministerial Advisory Board doesn’t mince words when asked whether he thinks it’s productive to call other people ‘idiots’.
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Well see i don t think it is factually incorrect.
Both increased rates, to some extend. Both have not done enough. The labour party has campaigned on not doing anything else for beneficiaries and got voted in on this promise among others – those dear cross over fiscal conservatives votes came in handy winning an all out majority..
So yes, in my personal opinion, they are both the same when it comes to increasing the benefits of all beneficiaries to such an extend that it would be at the very lest 480.00 per week (covid relieve for full timer after tax). Missing in action and hiding behind meaningless feel good rethoric.
Oranga Tamariki Ministerial Advisory Board chairperson Matthew Tukaki.
Photo: RNZ/Justine Murray
The group, which will report to the Children s Minister Kelvin Davis, is part of a response to widespread criticism of the ministry s policy of removing vulnerable children from their families.
The Oranga Tamariki Ministerial Advisory Board is made up of Matthew Tukaki, Dame Naida Glavish, Shannon Pakura and Sir Mark Solomon.
It will focus on the ministry s relationships with families, whānau, hapu, iwi, and Māori, its professional social work practices and its organisational culture.
The board s chairperson Matthew Tukaki said one of their first tasks would be looking into the removal of children from their families.
Press Release – New Zealand Government
Hon Kelvin Davis
Minister for Children
A skilled and experienced group of people have been named as the newly established Oranga Tamariki Ministerial Advisory Board by Children’s Minister Kelvin Davis today.
The Board will provide independent advice and assurance to the Minister for Children across three key areas of Oranga Tamariki: relationships with families, whānau, and Māori; professional social work practices; and organisational culture.
“The Government is committed to fixing the child care and protection system and ensuring that Oranga Tamariki becomes an enabler; the organisation that people trust and go to for help. This group will help us achieve that,” Kelvin Davis said.