Priority | Te Tiriti o Waitangi

3 Aug 2022

Goal
Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac honours and actively upholds Te Tiriti o Waitangi across all our work to achieve the best health outcomes for Māori within our available resources.

What we’ve heard
”Pharmac’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations should sit at the centre of all Pharmac’s decision-making.”

Outcomes

  • Te Tiriti is embedded and is fundamental to Pharmac’s objectives and working culture, and sits alongside our purpose.
  • Te Tiriti is reflected in the way we plan for, resource, organise and deliver our work as an organisation, and we measure and monitor organisational Te Tiriti compliance.
  • All our work delivers for Māori, with Māori, by Māori. This is planned for and appropriately resourced across all directorates.

How we will measure performance
Routine monitoring of our organisation’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi compliance, and planning to address areas for improvement.

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Key issues

HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS

Covering developments in the provision, funding and organisation of health care services.

EQUITY

Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.

DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS

Covering prescription medicines and medical devices.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Focusing on efforts to promote health and prevent disease through social and economic interventions.

DIGITAL HEALTH

Exploring the potential digital transformation to provide a more connected and accessible health system.

TE TIRITI

Monitoring how the health reforms and the performance of the health sector uphold Te Tiriti obligations.