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A recent evaluation shows the $8.8 million fund to help Maori health groups strengthen themselves is working, Tariana Turia says.

Tariana Turia announced today that the Government is committed to strengthening its community relationships and would like to do this through an agreement with the sector by the end of next year.

Tariana Turia says it is great news that a rural Maori community has become the first group in Aotearoa to create jobs for their unemployed youth under the Government's new Community Max scheme.

Tariana Turia has organised meetings throughout the country to talk directly with Maori health providers about the Government's plans to change the primary health care system.

Tariana Turia has welcomed a new strategy for tobacco control research.

Tariana Turia has described the daughter of a long-time smoker as "courageous" for winning a case against a tobacco giant.

Nicotine patches, gum and lozenges will be made cheaper for smokers wanting to quit the deadly habit which kills about 5000 New Zealanders every year, Tariana Turia announced today.

Tariana Turia has welcomed the latest report on family violence, saying it will help guide the work of a new high-level ministerial group formed to address and eliminate family violence.

Minister of Community and Voluntary Sector Tariana Turia today, on International Youth Day, commended the country's youth for their significant contribution to bettering New Zealand communities.

Tariana Turia says the world is a better place for people with disabilities thanks to the work of Eunice Kennedy Shriver who died this week.

There can be no fluffing over of the severe unemployment problem Maori and Pasifika peoples are facing and that should give all of us even more reason to take advantage of the new opportunities tha

Tariana Turia says unemployed youth living in rural areas will be among those who benefit from an initiative which is part of a $40.3 million Community Max investment by the Government.

Tariana Turia is calling on Maori and Pasifika youth to take up the opportunities that will be created by the Government's $152 million investment in young people during the economic downturn.

Tariana Turia today welcomed a report on government engagement with citizens and communities.

Tariana Turia today congratulated Tainui woman and pharmacy assistant Te Ana Simmonds for the work she has been doing to help free people from the smoking addiction.

Tariana Turia is encouraging New Zealanders to keep being generous despite the shadow cast over a recent donation clash involving the Epilepsy Foundation.

Tariana Turia is pleased to announce that $420,000 has been allocated to community organisations so they can employ skilled interns from the government, private and community sectors.

Tariana Turia says the conviction of a Manurewa dairy owner should send a clear message that breaches of the smoke-free legislation will not be tolerated.

The Government has given a boost to projects aimed at bringing the world of information, computers and technology to people who are digitally disadvantaged.

Tariana Turia says tobacco companies appear to be treading a fine line over their recent decision to drop the price of cigarettes so to make smoking more affordable in the current economic recessio

Supporting disabled people and their families live an ordinary life will be a key focus for the new Minister for Disability Issues. 

Tariana Turia, the minister responsible for Maori health, is calling for Maori people with respiratory problems to take extra caution to prevent getting Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu.

Tariana Turia is inviting New Zealanders wishing to conduct research overseas to apply for a fellowship from the New Zealand Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.

Tariana Turia is warning hospital hierarchies to raise the bar on the way they provide clinical health care to Maori.