Will Maori families benefit from directly targeted social service resources?

Maori Patry MP Tariana Turea. Photo / Andrew Warner, Rotorua Daily Post

A Maori Party co-leader is to be in charge of what could potentially be the biggest shake-up of the welfare system in decades.

The taskforce report into the Whanau Ora policy was released today and Prime Minister John Key in a statement announced Tariana Turia, who is behind the initiative, would be the minister in charge of implementing the policy.

The taskforce suggested money currently spent by health, education, justice and social development agencies be pooled into a Whanau Ora trust. This trust would in turn set up regional panels that would fund a single agency or person to work with families facing problems.

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