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Te Kaika Investigation
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Dunedin
April 10
Accreditation restored for OHL youth services
The suspension of Te Kāika’s accreditation to deliver social care for children and youth has been lifted, but the charity’s approved status is on a tight leash.
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Dunedin
March 26
Te Kaika chair takes aim at critics
The board chairwoman of an embattled Dunedin health charity has dismissed criticisms of the organisation as simply ‘‘tall poppy’’ syndrome.
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Dunedin
March 22
$123k paid to chair’s company
Te Kāika paid $123,000 into a private company 100% owned by its chairwoman, the under-investigation charity’s accounts reveal.
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Dunedin
March 17
DIA confirms investigation into Te Kāika charity
Te Kāika is doubling down on a claim it is not under investigation, despite the Department of Internal Affairs saying otherwise.
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Dunedin
March 13
Second agency to investigate: Te Kāika now under audit by HNZ
The pressure on embattled health charity Te Kāika is increasing as a second government agency launches an investigation into its operations.
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Dunedin
March 8
Charity misses financial deadline
The under-fire Te Kāika health service has again failed to meet a government deadline to submit a critical annual financial report.
Dunedin
December 16
Te Kāika worker pleads guilty to attacking teen
A Te Kāika youth justice staffer has lost his job after attacking a teenager on his way to work, then lying to police.
Dunedin
December 15
Youth worker punched, stomped teen 'with significant force'
A former Youth Justice worker punched a teenager up to 15 times then told police he was the victim, a court has heard.
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Dunedin
December 6
Questions outnumber answers
A feted Dunedin charity is now under Department of Internal Affairs scrutiny. Mary Williams took a closer look at Te Kāika’s performance, governance and oversight.
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Dunedin
December 6
Former Te Kāika manager guilty of serious charges
Health organisation Te Kāika was also fighting to hide the identity of one of its senior health workers who was before the courts on serious charges.
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Dunedin
December 5
Trouble in the village
A year-long ODT investigation into a multimillion-dollar Dunedin health organisation has uncovered a slew of disgruntled former staff members, allegations of misconduct and personal-grievance payouts.
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Dunedin
December 5
Trouble in the village: Star service takes unhealthy turn
Disgruntled employees, allegations of misconduct, personal grievances - even breaches of its govt-funded social service contracts - are some issues plaguing the Dunedin health organisation.
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Dunedin
December 5
Doctor defends supplying cannabis
Days before Te Kāika’s long-awaited Wellbeing Hub was opened, a doctor allegedly supplied cannabis to a patient in a carpark.
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Editorial
December 5
Te Kāika needs to succeed
In October 2021 we editorialised that the rise of Te Kāika had been remarkable, and that its approach to delivering low-cost healthcare to the vulnerable had been vindicated by its spectacular success.
