Te Tiriti as the founding document of Aotearoa is missing The whole person is missing from this direction The whanau is missing from the direction and from the document Life Course approach is needed so that all of the attention is not on older people with little flow of resources to young people and prevention. A set of principles is proposed to guide the New Zealand health system. These principles are listed on page 9 of I. Future Direction and page 31 of II. Roadmap of Actions. 3 Do you think that these are the right principles for the New Zealand health system? Will these be helpful to guide us to implement the Strategy? On reading the updated version of the strategy, we notice that the Tiriti principle has dropped from first to nearly last in the list of principles. This strongly signals a reduced priority that the Ministry of Health has for Te Tiriti and its special relationship with tangata whenua. In order to provide a more balanced document with adequate priority and meaningful engagement with Te Tiriti and tangata whenua we recommend: Return the principle for Te Tiriti to its position as the first principle of the Strategy as it was in its predecessor. Change the wording of the principle referring to Te Tiriti to: Acknowledge and action the special relationship between tangata whenua and the Crown under Te Tiriti o Waitangi Five strategic themes The Strategy proposes five strategic themes to focus action people-powered, closer to home, value – and high performance, one team and smart system (I. Future Direction, from page 10). 4 Do five themes provide the right focus for action? Do the sections great might look ‘What like in 10 years’ provide enough clarity and stretch to guide us? Add one more Strategic theme called Actioning Te Tiriti in the New Zealand Health Sector. Roadmap of Actions II. Roadmap of Actions has 20 areas for action over the next five years.
Te Tiriti as the founding document of Aotearoa is missing The whole person is missing from this direction The whanau is missing from the direction and from the document Life Course approach is needed so that all of the attention is not on older people with little flow of resources to young people and prevention. A set of principles is proposed to guide the New Zealand health system. These principles are listed on page 9 of I. Future Direction and page 31 of II. Roadmap of Actions. 3 Do you think that these are the right principles for the New Zealand health system? Will these be helpful to guide us to implement the Strategy? On reading the updated version of the strategy, we notice that the Tiriti principle has dropped from first to nearly last in the list of principles. This strongly signals a reduced priority that the Ministry of Health has for Te Tiriti and its special relationship with tangata whenua. In order to provide a more balanced document with adequate priority and meaningful engagement with Te Tiriti and tangata whenua we recommend: Return the principle for Te Tiriti to its position as the first principle of the Strategy as it was in its predecessor. Change the wording of the principle referring to Te Tiriti to: Acknowledge and action the special relationship between tangata whenua and the Crown under Te Tiriti o Waitangi Five strategic themes The Strategy proposes five strategic themes to focus action – people-powered, closer to home, value and high performance, one team and smart system (I. Future Direction, from page 10). 4 Do five themes provide the right focus for action? Do the sections ‘What great might look like in 10 years’ provide enough clarity and stretch to guide us? Add one more Strategic theme called Actioning Te Tiriti in the New Zealand Health Sector. Roadmap of Actions II. Roadmap of Actions has 20 areas for action over the next five years.
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