Equity
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Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI; and how interventions, policy and the health system overall can contribute to such groups attaining an equitable health status.
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Media coverage
120 Wellington families lose access to respite care support, but ministers say it’s not a cut
More than 100 Wellington families caring for mentally ill children have lost access to government-funded respite care they say they desperately need.
Wānaka community to benefit from new overnight health service
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says an Overnight Acute Care Service opening in October will provide people in Wānaka and the surrounding area with the assurance of quality overnight care closer to home.
Watch: ACT Party leader David Seymour announces policy directive on ‘need, not race’
Cabinet has issued a new directive to create a "colourblind" public service that focuses solely on need, not race, and doesn't prioritise Māori businesses when awarding government contracts.
Commentary
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The Ministry of Health’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti) Framework provides an updated expression of the Crown’s Te Tiriti obligations in the context of the health and disability system.
Pae Tū: Hauora Māori Strategy
As part of the health system transformation a range of strategies have been developed to help guide our health system to achieve pae ora, healthy futures.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi policy
Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac acknowledges Te Mana o Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the ongoing partnership it instils between the Crown and Māori. Through our work on behalf of Aotearoa / New Zealand, we strive to improve equitable health outcomes for Māori.
Academic Literature
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Legislation and Parliament
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Reports and Government Documents
Women’s Health Strategy
The Women’s Health Strategy sets the direction for improving the health and wellbeing of women over the next 10 years.
Pae Ora Health Strategies: Summary of feedback from engagement
To support the development of the health strategies, and to reflect the vision of pae ora and the principles in the Pae Ora Act, Manatū Hauora | the Ministry of Health undertook extensive public and stakeholder engagement.
Pae Tu Hauora Maori Strategy
As part of the health system transformation a range of strategies have been developed to help guide our health system to achieve pae ora, healthy futures. One of those is Pae Tū: Hauora Māori Strategy.
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI