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Monitoring how the health reforms and the performance of the health sector uphold Te Tiriti obligations and how they reflect, advance, and challenge the relationship between Tangata Whenua and the Crown.
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Media coverage
Court of Appeal overturns decision that blocked Children’s Minister from Waitangi Tribunal summons
RNZ. The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision which blocked a summons order from the Waitangi Tribunal for Children's Minister Karen Chhour. The court released its decision on Monday. At the same time, a bill proposing the repeal of section 7AA from...
Bill to can Māori Health Authority passes first two readings under urgency
Parliament has made progress towards disestablishing Te Aka Whai Ora / Māori Health Authority, coming closer to fulfilling one of the coalition government's promises, but debate will continue tomorrow.
Iwi concerns over plans to disestablish Māori Health Authority before tribunal hearing
A Māori leader says the government's plan to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora - the Māori Health Authority - before an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing raises "real concerns".
Legislation
Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill
The Bill repeals section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. The intention of the Bill is to enable Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children to renew its focus on the safety and well-being of children in care arrangements.
Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Act 2024
Section 5 amended (Guide to this Act)
In section 5(2), delete “the Māori Health Authority
Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2024
The new entitlement thresholds reflect an increase of 4.66% in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index from the December 2022 quarter to the December 2023 quarter (calculated for all quarters using the New Zealand Consumers Price Index (All Groups))
Academic Literature
Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Act 2024: further Crown breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Came et al. The Waitangi Tribunal in their Wai 2575 Report recommended the establishment of Te Aka Whai Ora (the Māori Health Authority) to remedy some of the contemporary breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti). Te Aka Whai Ora was the culmination of decades...
Inequities in medicines use are probably much worse than we thought
In 2006–2007, Metcalfe et al. estimated that Māori are missing out on nearly a million prescription items per year.
Tobacco endgame intervention impacts on health gains and Māori:non-Māori health inequity: a simulation study of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Tobacco Action Plan
The Aotearoa/New Zealand Government is aiming to end the tobacco epidemic and markedly reduce Māori:non-Māori health inequalities by legislating.
Reports and Government Documents
Funding to Māori Health Providers 2018/19 to 2022/23
This report shows information on funding to Māori health providers by the Ministry of Health, Te Whatu Ora and Te Aka whai Ora for the period 2018/19 to 2022/23. This report follows on from our reports in 2017, 2021 and 2022 on the same topic and is part of our monitoring of Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan 2020-2053.
Cabinet and briefing material: Disestablishment of the Māori Health Authority
One of the initiatives in the Government’s 100-day plan is to introduce legislation to disestablish the Māori Health Authority. This initiative is led by the Ministry of Health.
Response to the Ministerial Advisory Committe on Health Reform Implementation Report
This briefing provides the response of the Ministry of Health - Manatū Hauora, Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority to the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Health Reform Implementation (the MAC) report High-level assessment to support future focused health reform implementation of November 2023 (the MAC report), and a proposal to disestablish the MAC.
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI