Ngāti Toa chief executive supports Government’s outcomes-focused approach to solving social ills

Ngāti Toa chief executive supports Government’s outcomes-focused approach to solving social ills
Ngāti Toa chief executive Helmut Modlik has been a vocal critic of the Government's impact on Māori, but likes the social investment approach. (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says service providers spend too much time tussling with bureaucrats over contracts and not enough time devising creative solutions to difficult social problems.She also said too much money was going into the “ambulance at the bottom of the cliff” and not enough on working out where to build the best fences and who the best fence builders were.The big idea is “outcomes-based contracting”, which allows providers to tailor their services to the needs of the people they work with and develop n...

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