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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
The challenge of delivering rural dental care
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.
Alcohol-related suicides higher risk for Māori and Pacific women – study
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.
Iwi showcase Māori health plans to government officials in Whakatāne
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.
Commentary
Healthcare based on need trickier than you think Mr Luxon
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
‘An attack on science and good medical practice’
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.
MEMORANDUM-DIRECTIONS OF JUDGE D STONE CONCERNING NEXT STEPS IN THE TE AKA WHAI ORA PRIORITY INQUIRY
This memorandum-directions confirms next steps regarding the priority inquiry into the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora (the Maaori Health Authority).
Academic Literature
Adapting an equity-focused implementation process framework with a focus on ethnic health inequities in the Aotearoa New Zealand context
The framework presented in this study is the frst equity-focused process-type implementation framework to be adapted for the Aotearoa NZ context. This framework is intended to support and facilitate equity-focused implementation research and health intervention implementation by mainstream health services.
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.
‘It’s about having that knowledge, tino rangatiratanga!’ Understanding structural barriers to accessing aged residential care services among older Māori in New Zealand
New Zealand’s older Indigenous people (Māori) are underserved and underrepresented as consumers of aged residential care services (ARC).
Legislation and Parliament
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Reports and Government Documents
Expectations set for improved medicines access
Associate Health Minister David Seymour says he has set clear expectations for Pharmac around delivering the medicines and medical technology that Kiwis need.
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.
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