Story: Voluntary welfare organisations

Māori social-services team

Māori social-services team

From the late 1980s more Māori providers of social services gained government support and funding. The Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board's social and health services team (pictured) promoted spiritual, physical and mental health for the families it served.

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Margaret Tennant, 'Voluntary welfare organisations - Changes in voluntary work, 1980s and 1990s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/29068/maori-social-services-team (accessed 4 May 2024)

Story by Margaret Tennant, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 18 Sep 2018