https://omny.fm/shows/duncan-garner-editor-in-chief/nationals-broken-promise-17th-december-2024
Duncan Garner: Editor in Chief interviews Stand Tū Māia CEO Dr Fiona Inkpen
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“My first thought and my heart went straight to the tamariki. All I was worried about was them,” Milner said. “How would we tell them that we would have to stop providing the support we do?
“We are often the last resort for a lot of tamariki and whānau. If we closed, where would they go?”
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..and follow-up comments post temporary agreement
Charity settles payment dispute with OT – Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
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Stand Tū Māia charitable trust says it has reached a resolution with Oranga Tamariki that provides a four-month lifeline for its critical service. The resolution means the parties will not go to Court to hear the Stand Tū Māia application for an injunction against Oranga Tamariki for alleged breach of contract.
Stand Tū Māia and Oranga Tamariki have agreed an end date for current contractual arrangements at 22 April 2024. The parties will meet early next year to discuss potential future Oranga Tamariki procurement and contracting processes.
Chief Executive Dr Fiona Inkpen says the resolution provides some immediate certainty for the high-risk children and families supported by Stand Tū Māia, but there is still uncertainty about the long-term future.
“The agreement gives us time to have a further conversation with the Government to determine if there is a desire to retain the service and what will happen to support these vulnerable children and their families in the future.
“We want to thank Andrew Bridgman, Acting CE of Oranga Tamariki for playing a key role in making this resolution happen.
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This will allow our service to remain open until April of 2025.
We will continue to need the support of our community and whanau to build a consistent future after that - so please, #StandForStand and make your voices heard.
In Northland, Stand Tū Māia works in partnership with iwi, hapū and other agencies as well as schools across the region from the Hokianga to Whangārei.
Northland regional manager Rosey Davies said she did not know what the news meant for the 230 children under their services.
Another 50 are on the waitlist.
“As we broke the news to whanāu that we were working with over the last few years, we’ve held our parents as they’ve cried,” Davies said.
“They’ve expressed their disbelief, their anger and their despair and questioned ‘who is going to help us now?’.”
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Stand Tū Māia charitable trust today confirmed that it is taking Oranga Tamariki to Court for breaching a three-year integrated contract, worth $21 million a year (excluding pay equity).
Chief Executive Dr Fiona Inkpen said the Trust had been forced to bring court action to hold the Ministry to its contractual obligations and prevent the Ministry from acting as though the contract has been cancelled.
“We strongly believe Oranga Tamariki has committed an egregious breach of good faith in attempting to terminate our integrated contract at short notice, threatening our ability to provide specialist services to thousands of vulnerable children and their families.
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The Ministry of health have made available some information around helping your whanau with vaccination discussions.
They’ve also established an information site to help with those conversations.
And Happy 30th Anniversary of UNCROC, Stand Tu Maia is delighted that the Prime Minister has today announced that the government will recommit to the Children’s Convention. It signals a real commitment to putting the rights and wellbeing of children at the centre of government policy and action.
The Childrens’s Commission has released a handy pocket edition of the convention, including in te reo. You can find it here https://www.occ.org.nz/publications/resources/uncrc-30th-edition?fbclid=IwAR2Qn_qT59pl_2A1k7i5X_cTFc0XLABAV7OEEnUbm0208RE6d2yGQLLhFd0
Stand has released our 2019 Annual Report.
Once again our Annual Report is lovingly designed and published by our friends and supporters at Insight Creative New Zealand.
The completion of our very first Theraplay Parent Training – thanks to the parents who all showed incredible courage and insight in their reflections much respect to them all. Thanks also to Kelvin Love and Tony Kalauta who supported the program preparation and delivery. Amazing mahi!
Christchurch will be doing more of these workshops - see the flyer below for more information.
Our 2018 Annual report is ready for reading!
Some of the boys getting stuck into some hand-on STEM from the Northern village education unit. A little inspiration can easily spark a life long interest.
Thanks to our wonderful volunteer Walt at Stand Christchurch, we will very shortly have a chess board. The children await with eager anticipation!
Team Taha conquered the maunga on Tuesday - from Poho right to the top. 30 seconds into it and there was complaining of sore legs but both boys showed resilience and smashed it.
You can see more about the Challenge on their Facebook Page
The kids in Christchurch have been making their own tie-dye shirts, beautiful stuff!
One of our teachers at the Northern village got this lovely letter from one of the tamariki on a recent intake
You might not know that each of our villages has a complete school to work with the kids on their education when they're with us. This kind of letter makes it all worthwhile.
The children from Midland’s Intake #1 (with a little bit of help from the Therapeutic Care and Education team) have made these four beautiful, huge murals to brighten up our walls in the village. Aren’t they spectacular?
Frost on the boardwalk, snow on mountains, fog in the valley, early morning sunshine... stunning morning.
Our residential services in Otaki and Roxburgh have now shut down operations. Our community social workers are still working from these locations and will continue to help and engage with our families in need, but the rooms and corridors that have echoed with the sounds of children's laughter for decades are now silent.
Final farewell to Roxburgh children's residential village