The Health Ministry has only partially adhered to a Waitangi Tribunal order for unredacted information regarding the closure of Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority.
The Waitangi Tribunal has taken the rare step of directing the government to release a batch of documents.
The Council of Medical Colleges has urged the Government to drop the Treaty Principles Bill, saying it is based on a “fundamental misunderstanding” of the Treaty.
Pharmac has decided to disestablish its Māori advisory group - something the advisory group's former chairperson says will compromise its ability to deliver for Māori.
Affirmative action programmes at the University of Otago have significantly lifted Māori, Pacific and rural enrolments over the last 30 years but have failed to increase student numbers from poorer backgrounds.
The Office of the Chief Coroner has released the annual provisional suspected suicide statistics.
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.
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.
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.
Another medical centre has fallen victim to the nationwide shortage of GPs, but a kaupapa Māori health service is invigorating another.
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