Monday, 24 May 2021, 11:58 am
The Government must explain why despite a significant
increase in the number of people supported by Whānau Ora
throughout COVID-19, no additional funding in Budget 2021
was provided, National’s Whānau Ora spokesperson Louise
Upston says.
“During COVID-19 Whānau Ora provided a
range of critical supports to over 226,000 New
Zealander’s. Minister Henare boasted that Whānau Ora was
one of the Government’s best performing
portfolios.”
“However rather than building on the
progress of an established programme delivering results, the
Government has gifted large sums of money to its own
ideological experiments.
“The Government has found