Ani O'Brien: Reports of the death of Whānau Ora are greatly exaggerated

If the sum total of one’s knowledge about Whānau Ora, the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency (WOCA), and John Tamihere’s web of organisations was informed by the news reports this morning on government contracts, one would think that the Government had no reasons to put the contracts out to tender, no reason to have concerns about perceptions of integrity at existing agencies, and have given the contracts to a bunch of white blokes in suits.