Community Health Workers Hui

Community Health Workers Hui, Maraeroa Marae, Porirua Hon Tariana Turia, Health Spokesperson My mokopuna has a favourite game. Pick a number, any number. Well I’ve got a number for this hui. 150,000 households in Aotearoa which Roy Morgan tells us are are extreme risk of missing mortgage payments and potentially losing their homes. 150,000 children whom the Child Poverty Action Group tells us still remain under the relative poverty line, living in sever and significant hardship. 150,000 people – most of whom are Maori and Pasifika, refugees, and low income families who have high health needs – and constitute the people who come through your doors. Sometimes as one community worker, you may feel overwhelmed by the enormity of the task before you. Days like today are the opportunity to regroup, restore and revive – in order to... [read full story]