New Zealand girls and young women, as well as nonbinary persons who bleed every month, have a limited understanding of menstruation. This lack of knowledge about their own bodies is affecting their overall health and wellbeing.
The human and economic costs of Māori health inequities are significant, according to Te Aka Whai Ora, the now-defunct Māori Health Authority.
An initiative to help Māori into the health workforce is being credited with almost doubling the proportion of tangata whenua employed at the Te Whatu Ora Taranaki and transforming lives.
Tens of thousands more children are living in poverty, a backwards slide reflecting the cost of living crisis and high inflation, new data shows.
Māori and Pasifika New Zealanders continue to have a lower life expectancy than pākehā and other ethnic groups — but the gap is gradually shrinking, a new report on the state of the nation's health has found.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he expects officials to impose the full force of benefit sanctions, as he promises more reform is on the way for the welfare system.
A new study has found that health inequities between Māori and non-Māori adults cost more than $860 million a year.
Plans have been unveiled by the government to shift health spending from fixing problems to preventing them.
Friday July 1, 2022 was the day when Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act came into effect and Te Aka Whai Ora – the Māori Health Authority – became a real thing.
It's difficult to beat an implication that Māori will get preferential treatment for kickstarting both an irrational and rational public scrap.
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI