Te Waonui for 1 October 2021

A report by a government-appointed advisory panel into Ōranga Tamariki has been described as weak and not going far enough to bring the transformational change the Minister is promising to enforce. A worrying rise in the number of Covid cases among whānau Māori; a Supreme Court victory for iwi trying to stop seabed mining off Taranaki; efforts to reduce child mortality appear to have stagnated, as senior doctors release their roadmap towards equity.