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Working with whānau, hapū, iwi andMāori leadersThis section discusses ideas from the submissions for working with whānau, hapū, iwi and Māorileaders to address child vulnerability. The Green Paper asked four questions about working withwhānau, hapū, iwi and Māori leaders. These were:• How can the Government work in partnership with iwi, Māori organisations and theirleaders to deliver services for vulnerable tamariki and their whānau?• What services or programmes are working well to achieve tamariki ora?• What could be improved to ensure that services generate tamariki ora?• How can we get services to hard-to-reach Māori whānau?We first provide a summary of responses to this section, which pulls together ideas acrossall submissions. Next, we discuss the question and answer submissions, and then ideas raisedin free-form submissions.SummaryThe issue of how government should work with Māori was less frequently addressed insubmissions relative to a number of other issues.Diversity in responses on how government should work with Māori reflected different beliefsabout whether Māori should be treated differently to Pākehā or whether they should betreated equally.Partnership: Submissions suggested various strategies of partnership, from consulting withMāori to letting Māori get on with it without government interference. The most stronglysupported themes were allocating resources to culturally relevant services, consultingand working in partnership to deliver services, using the Treaty of Waitangi principles andcommitting to equal outcomes for Māori.Strengthening communities: Submissions also suggested strengthening communities andthe cultural competency in organisations. Submissions recognised the community as firstsupporters of families, and suggested delivering services from commonly used communitybases (for example, early childhood centres).Culturally tailored services: Submissions recognised the need for funding and support ofculturally specific services, or mainstream services that could meet the needs of all their clients.Whānau Ora was strongly supported as a model for working with Māori.Improving services: Suggestions for improving services included addressing access to services,improving contractual processes, upskilling the workforce working with Māori children includingimproving cultural competency and using a whole-of-whānau approach, and putting children first.Connecting to services: Strategies for connecting “hard-to-reach” Māori to services werebroadly relationship-based or service-based. Relationship-based strategies included workingthrough kaumatua and kuia or other trusted sources and using a lead provider model to draw96 Show Leadership
families in. Service-based strategies included reducing barriers to services, incentivising serviceuse or threatening the withdrawal of services for non-compliance.Reducing barriers to services: Universal child rights that could be commonly understood stillleft room for the idea that to meet the needs of vulnerable Māori children, different pathwayswere necessary for Māori.Highlighting similarity: All children are the same and culture/ethnicity is not important.Some rejected the idea of services specifically for Māori.Social and economic factors: Framing vulnerability as the result of poverty and other socialand economic determinants – not an issue of ethnicity as such – led to arguments for addressingthe wider social and economic causes of vulnerability.Practice Changes Policy Changes Show Leadership Share Responsibility Children / Young People Executive SummaryThe Green Paper for Vulnerable Children Full Summary of Submissions97
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Ministerial forewordWhen I launched
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MethodologyHow submissions were ana
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The role of government: Children an
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Features of an action plan: Some su
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Make child-centred policy changesTh
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Mandatory reporting: A small number
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Improving service deliveryWe want t
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The community and government: In th
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What does it mean to thrive, belong
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When abuse is occurring: A minority
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Lower taxes, increase income: Relat
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