Monday, 10 May 2021, 10:26 am
Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today, and
to share with you some of the Government’s thinking
leading into this year’s budget.
This will be my
fourth time delivering the annual Budget for the Government,
though the events of the past year have thrown out that
calculation. As we grappled with COVID 19 last year the
government produced what amounted to three Budgets, so by my
count I am now up to six.
What strikes me though in
terms of being here to speak to you about Budget 2021 is not
that the routine is growing old, but rather the fact that is
Speech – New Zealand Government Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today, and to share with you some of the Governments thinking leading into this years budget. This will be my fourth time delivering the annual Budget for the Government, though the events of the past …
Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today, and to share with you some of the Government’s thinking leading into this year’s budget.
This will be my fourth time delivering the annual Budget for the Government, though the events of the past year have thrown out that calculation. As we grappled with COVID 19 last year the government produced what amounted to three Budgets, so by my count I am now up to six.
Reducing child poverty and improving
child wellbeing, and
Physical and Mental Wellbeing for all New Zealanders and keeping COVID-19 out of our communities.
I would like to mention one of those objectives in particular – improving economic and social outcomes within the Māori and Pacific communities. As detailed in
Te Ohanga Māori, the report recently released by the Reserve Bank and BERL, the Māori economy has seen some remarkable developments in the last few years. In 2018 the Māori asset base totalled $68.7b, up from $42.6b in 2013. The Māori population grew by 180,000 in the same period. The inclusion of Māori and Pacific outcomes as one of the wellbeing outcomes, and the creation of entities such as the Maori Health Authority are a clear sign that the Government is committed to ensuring that we have a partnership with Māori and Pacific peoples that maximises the opportunity to lead and benefit from the economic recovery.
Peter Davis: Māori leadership needed on health equity for all
9 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Māori leadership took the initiative with iwi-led Covid-19 checkpoints in Te Tai Tokerau. Photo / Tania Whyte, File
Māori leadership took the initiative with iwi-led Covid-19 checkpoints in Te Tai Tokerau. Photo / Tania Whyte, File
NZ Herald
OPINION
John Tamihere reminds us (NZ Herald, May 6) of the ways in which Māori are disadvantaged in our current health care system. Each one of his examples strikes home as a real failure. They resonate with me, both as an academic who has studied health services and health policy for a long time, and as a current elected member of the Auckland District Health Board (ADHB).
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