Survivors travelled to Parliament to see the report revealed, five-and-a-half years after its terms of reference were announced, and decades after survivors first advocated for redress.
Health services struggle to provide affordable and nondiscriminatory healthcare to Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow whānau, according to the latest NZ Health Survey.
Stuff. On Budget Day as thousands outside Parliament and around the nation protested the government's policies and how they apply to Māori, Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivered her first Budget. Asked whether the Budget this year which cut about $250 million...
Stuff. A team-based approach to GP care that has proved a success in two rural Taranaki communities could help cure some of the country’s healthcare issues, one of the doctor’s behind the method says. Dr Nick Loveridge-Easther, one of three GPs who own Coastal...
NZ Herald. Government spending on health services is a large part of political debate, not least at Budget time. That is because it involves big numbers and because it is such a personal matter of interest for so many of us who use or work in the health services....
RNZ. Total funding for Pacific Peoples has been slashed by about NZ$26 million in this year's New Zealand Budget - but a Pacific community leader says he's not surprised. "In 2024/25, total baseline funding for Vote Pacific Peoples is just over $90.2 million," a...
NZ Doctor. Aside from a glaring hole where new funding for Pacific providers should be, there are no surprises in the Vote Health section of the 2024 Budget, says public health academic Sir Collin Tukuitonga. Read more...
Te Kāhui Tika Tangata, the Human Rights Commission responds to the Government's Budget 2024.
NZ Herald. Most proposals have to be farmed out to population ministries like the Ministries for Women, Māori, and Pacific Peoples asking whether they think any policy changes will impact the people they are responsible for. Read more...
The Conversation. From this week, free influenza vaccination will be available to some New Zealanders (those over 65, with long-term conditions, pregnant or with specific mental health conditions), but Pharmac recently announced it will no longer be free for...
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