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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
Māori tobacco control and advocacy spotlight of new documentary
A new documentary has been launched tracing the history of Māori tobacco control, beginning with Captain Cook's arrival all the way up to the repeal of Aotearoa's world-leading smokefree laws.
Waitangi Tribunal hears new plan to improve Māori Health
Māori health leaders want the Waitangi Tribunal to recommend establishing a "new whare" to replace the short-lived, Te Aka Whai Ora, Māori Health Authortiy.
Mainstream health system failing Māori, Waitangi Tribunal told
The Waitangi Tribunal has been told the health system is failing Māori with one woman detailing how her son has been let down multiple times.
Commentary
Taitokerau Rautaki Hauora 2040
Taitokerau Rautaki Hauora 2040 is a strategy and plan document collaborated with communities, whānau, hapū, iwi, Ngāi Māori and health workers.
Health NZ releases five further change decisions
The changes announced today are part of Health NZ’s ongoing effort to moving toward a sustainable future for New Zealand healthcare and ensure our resources and people are organised in the best way to support care being delivered closer to the patient.
Māori health snapshot: Follow the data and target inequities
Gabrielle Baker is pleased to have the findings from the new Tatau Kahukura but is disheartened by health factors for Māori that are not improving, such as the life expectancy gap and problems with accessing healthcare
Academic Literature
Decolonising outcome measurement: a systematic review of health and wellbeing measures for Māori
The objective of the study is to conduct a systematic review and methodological quality appraisal on studies reporting the development of health and wellbeing outcome measures for Māori (Indigenous people of New Zealand), identify common features and processes, and critically appraise the measures using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN).
Hauora Māori: Aspirations of Māori health practitioners for a culturally relevant health system
Health care in Aotearoa New Zealand privileges the Western worldview. Consequently, institutional racism is a health system attribute demonstrated by prolonged health inequities, including life expectancy, between Māori and non-Māori.
Refining the definitions of cultural safety, cultural competency and Indigenous health: lessons from Aotearoa New Zealand
Eliminating Indigenous and ethnic health inequities requires culturally-competent and culturally-safe health workforces and systems. Health professional training institutions and regulatory bodies are increasingly including cultural competency and cultural safety in health professional accreditation standards, and pre-service and in-service training programmes. However, there are mixed definitions and understandings of cultural competency and cultural safety, and how best to achieve them.
Legislation and Parliament
Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill
The Bill gives effect to the Coalition Government’s commitment to reinstating the right to a local referendum on the establishment or ongoing use of Māori wards and Māori constituencies. This includes requiring a poll, at the next local body elections, on any Māori wards and Māori constituencies established without a poll.
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
Reports and Government Documents
Taitokerau Rautaki Hauora 2040
Taitokerau Rautaki Hauora 2040 is a strategy and plan document collaborated with communities, whānau, hapū, iwi, Ngāi Māori and health workers.
Health NZ releases five further change decisions
The changes announced today are part of Health NZ’s ongoing effort to moving toward a sustainable future for New Zealand healthcare and ensure our resources and people are organised in the best way to support care being delivered closer to the patient.
Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Health January 2025
Following a change of Minister, the Ministry of Health | Manatū Hauora, produces a Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Health, as is usual practice.
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
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