Affirmative action programmes at the University of Otago have significantly lifted Māori, Pacific and rural enrolments over the last 30 years but have failed to increase student numbers from poorer backgrounds.
The Office of the Chief Coroner has released the annual provisional suspected suicide statistics.
Recently, the offer of free dental treatment in the Whanganui/Ruapehu region attracted hundreds of people - and highlighted how difficult it is for people living in rural or remote communities to access care.
Researchers are calling for more kaupapa Māori targeted public health interventions, after a study found Māori and Pacific women are disproportionately affected by suicide involving heavy alcohol use.
When prime minister Christopher Luxon criticised doctors for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika patients, he called it a matter of need, not ethnicity. But if healthcare isn’t based on ethnicity, how will we truly capture those with the highest need, ponders Lucy O’Hagan
The coalition government has launched “an attack on science and good medical practice” by directing agencies to downplay ethnicity as a marker of need, say a group of health professionals.
Government officials were greeted in Whakatāne by members of the Iwi Māori Partnership Boards (IMPBs), including five from the Te Manawa Taki region, to present their Community Health Plans.
Another medical centre has fallen victim to the nationwide shortage of GPs, but a kaupapa Māori health service is invigorating another.
A group of Māori academics and health workers are asking the government to rescind its recent directive for public services to be based on need, not race.
Surviving lung cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand could depend on whether you can access a GP – raising questions about equity in the country’s health system.
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