Wha¯nau Ora injunction

The Wh¯anau Ora Commissioning Agency is seeking damages and an injunction against a South Aucklandbased primary health care provider which it says has been “playing off ” its name. The Wh¯anau Ora Community Clinic, which has practices in Auckland, Northland and Christchurch,

was served with a cease and desist order on August 4. The agency gave the clinic 21 working days to stop using the name, or face further legal action. Former Counties Manukau DHB member and Vision New Zealand candidate George Ngatai is the director of the Wh¯anau Ora Community Clinic. In June he confirmed the organisation didn’t receive Wh¯anau Ora funding and wasn’t part of the national M¯aori health and social service scheme. But Ngatai said it wouldn’t be changing its name any time soon. After the clinic failed to obey the order, the Wh¯anau Ora Commissioning Agency filed papers in the High Court on Wednesday seeking an injunction.