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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
‘Out of line, out of order’: PM slams doctors for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika
The prime minister is accusing Hawke's Bay health professionals of being "out of line" for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika.
Health Minister Shane Reti intervenes to scrap Hawke’s Bay health policy targeting Māori and Pasifika
Young Māori and Pasifika in Hawke’s Bay are no longer eligible on the basis of their ethnicity to receive some free healthcare services after the Health Minister intervened and demanded the policy be changed.
New book sheds light on rheumatic fever’s devastating impact
New Zealand's ongoing housing crisis is fuelling high rates of rheumatic fever among Māori and Pacific peoples, says epidemiologist Dr Jason Gurney.
Commentary
Māori wards repealed: This is what colonisation looks like in 2024 – Lady Tureiti Moxon
Today marks a sombre moment in time as the Crown has once again chosen to disregard Te Tiriti o Waitangi by repealing the Māori Ward law.
Royal Commission into Abuse in Care raises tough questions for current Government
The Royal Commission into Abuse in Care shone light into a dark corner of modern New Zealand history, revealing inconceivable industrial-level abuse of 200,000 of our most vulnerable people.
‘Māori are not a footnote, Mr Seymour’
David Seymour is scrambling to find evidence to support his position, rather than having evidence determine policy.
Academic Literature
Hauora Māori – Māori health: a right to equal outcomes in primary care
Many Māori (44%) have unmet needs for primary care. Seven models of primary care were identified by the funders and the research team, including Māori-owned practices. We hypothesised patient health outcomes for Māori would differ between models of care.
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.
Legislation and Parliament
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))
Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022
The purpose of this Act is to provide for the public funding and provision of services in order to—
(a) protect, promote, and improve the health of all New Zealanders; and
(b) achieve equity in health outcomes among New Zealand’s population groups, including by striving to eliminate health disparities, in particular for Māori; and
(c) build towards pae ora (healthy futures) for all New Zealanders.
Reports and Government Documents
Government Policy Statement on Health 2024–2027
The Government Policy Statement on Health 2024-27 is the public statement of what Government expects the health system to deliver and achieve, and how success will be measured, monitored, and reported.
A te Tiriti-based approach to developing a national survey on human rights
The framework for the baseline survey on human rights was developed in alignment with the four articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
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