The Māori Party says a 790-million-dollar boost to a hardship fund will go a long way to help whanau with children in need. An agency that deals with those working at the coalface of poverty, The Salvation Army, is critical of some of the Government's efforts to reduce the problem. The remains of a child of Tanui descent will finally be returned home, after they were taken from their burial site and moved overseas more than a century ago.
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