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Standing strong for mokopuna BY GERALD FORD Two health and social agencies in Wairarapa last week gathered speakers from around New Zealand and beyond to talk about their aims for the new service that will replace Child Youth and Family. Te Hauora Runanga o Wairarapa and Whaiora, two Maori health providers in the region, jointly hosted a symposium – Mokopuna Centred Solutions, to discuss the needs and the best ways to meet them. Mokopuna – or grandchildren – were at the centre of the discussions, held on Thursday and Friday at the Copthorne Hotel and Resort Solway Park, Masterton. Speakers included Marama Fox, co-leader of the Maori Party, former Labour MP John Tamihere, From Child Youth and Family were Murray Edridge, the deputy chief executive of community investment, Paul Nixon, chief social worker, and Dr Leland Ruwhiu, principal advisor for Maori on Child, Youth and Family. As the conference wound down on Friday Ra Smith, chairman of Te Hauora, encouraged the social workers present to ask “what’s our potential for greatness?”
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The team from Te Hauora Runanga o Wairarapa and Whaiora, two Maori health providers, hosting the Mokopuna centred Solutions symposium at Copthorne Hotel and Resort Solway Park, Masterton last week.
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