1The immediate future for many Maori children is bleak. Before the age of sixteen, many will have been placed in State care, fostered or institutionalised. However, a new Maori Affairs and Social Welfare Scheme called Matua Whanai is offering some children new hope.
- Start 0 : 00 : 05
- Finish 00 : 13 : 41
- Duration 13 : 36
Reporters
- Aroha Mead (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Taku Heremaia (Blair's Grandfather)
- Solomon Tipene (Senior Social Worker, Department of Social Welfare [DSW])
- Martha Heremaia (Blair's Grandmother)
- Ral Makiha (Community Officer, Department of Maori Affairs)
- Albie Williams (Director of Field Services, Department of Maori Affairs)