NZ Politics

That's part of it but as I understand it they are meant to fund a lot of little services to stop people falling through the gaps e.g antetatal care (young Maori women have disproportionately less access to antenatal classes and care, and thus disproportionately die in childbirth).

They only got funding two years ago and have been underspending a bit but this page gives you an idea. Everything from early childcareand meningicoccal screening to home insulation to breast and prostate screening to accessible vaccination programmes to alcohol treatment and social work.

I had the impression they're kind of like Whaunau Ora, which as far as I could tell was behind establishing a lot of those little communuty trust type charities you only hear of if you're ill or disabled and/or have elderly parents who need extra help or are otherwise falling through the gaps.

Despite the spin coming out of Epsom electorate types, you don't usually have be be Maori to benefit from this stuff (it's no more segregated than the main health system, just Maori-led and uses Maori values). You just have to be in the area/rohe and need the help. My pakeha mum had a really wonderful person looking after her each week. When there was a storm coming once she phoned my mum and invited her to stay over.