Rāpare, 05 Here-turi-kōkā, 2010

There has been a huge level of interest in the Whānau Ora Expressions of Interest, with 128 proposals received for both the First Wave and Second Waves.

Nearly 40 percent of these proposals are from national and regional Provider Collectives taking innovative approaches to working together in the interests of whānau.

The level of work that has gone into preparing proposals is significant and impressive.

The Whānau Ora Regional Leadership Groups have emphasised the importance of allowing time for a thorough assessment of each proposal so their recommendations to the Governance Group are full and fair.

The Governance Group has received its first set of advice from Regional Leadership Groups.   A number of Regional Leadership Groups are still to complete their final suite of assessments and the Governance Group wishes to make final decisions in a considered manner, after the entire array of EOI proposals has been reviewed.

Rest assured providers who have submitted EOIs will be informed of decisions prior to any public announcements being made and will be updated in due course on timings around this.