RNZ
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.
In an editorial published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, academics including Papaarangi Reid, Elana Curtis and Rhys Jones said the directive will result in wasteful health spending by limiting the ability to target resources at those in greatest need.
One of the authors, public health physician Dr Belinda Loring, said they saw the directive as unjustified and dangerous.
