TASKFORCE OFFERS NEW WAYS TO ACT ON WHANAU VIOLENCE - Waatea news August 31 2009
The reference group charged with finding better ways for the government to deal with Maori whanau has launched a programme to do just that.
Di Grennell from the Whanau Ora Taskforce says the Maori and Pacific Family Violence Programme of Action has been developed in collaboration with the Family Violence Taskforce.
She says Maori need to take the lead in addressing violence within whanau, and that means first having a voice at the table where decisions are made.
“The document makes visible what those of us who are Maori working in the field know now is that there is significant Maori expertise, innovation and commitment in the field now and we need to find some ways of capturing that and bringing it together to advance the interests of our whanau,” Ms Grennell says.
Programme of Action has been developed in collaboration with the Family Violence Taskforce.
She says Maori need to take the lead in addressing violence within whanau, and that means first having a voice at the table where decisions are made.
“The document makes visible what those of us who are Maori working in the field know now is that there is significant Maori expertise, innovation and commitment in the field now and we need to find some ways of capturing that and bringing it together to advance the interests of our whanau,” Ms Grennell says.
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