Māori and Pasifika New Zealanders continue to have a lower life expectancy than pākehā and other ethnic groups — but the gap is gradually shrinking, a new report on the state of the nation's health has found.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he expects officials to impose the full force of benefit sanctions, as he promises more reform is on the way for the welfare system.
A new study has found that health inequities between Māori and non-Māori adults cost more than $860 million a year.
Plans have been unveiled by the government to shift health spending from fixing problems to preventing them.
Friday July 1, 2022 was the day when Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act came into effect and Te Aka Whai Ora – the Māori Health Authority – became a real thing.
It's difficult to beat an implication that Māori will get preferential treatment for kickstarting both an irrational and rational public scrap.
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) supports ethnicity being part of the algorithmically derived Equity Adjustor Score currently applied to decisions over surgical wait times in Auckland.
Opposition parties have been accused of trying to whip up racism over a tool which prioritises surgery waitlists based partly on ethnicity.
Two new nurse directors at Starship Child health will help address health inequity for Māori by championing Māori health and leading Te Tiriti across nursing, as the paediatric health provider ushers in a new nursing model.
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI