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Media coverage
Levelling the playing field for Indigenous people and ethnic minorities
In a bizarre and erroneous twist on this, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said this year’s Budget “delivers to Māori because when a New Zealander turns up to an emergency room or a school, they don’t turn up thinking about their ethnicity”. Read...
No Place At Te Whatu Ora For Graduate Nurses
SCOOP Health. New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) is extremely disappointed by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora’s decision not to match graduates into their nursing workforce. Read...
Number of surgeons being trained falls well short of needs, expert says
RNZ. New Zealand is not training enough surgeons, while also facing significant attrition of the workforce, according to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Read...
Commentary
Tribunal releases report on Treaty Principles Bill
On Friday 16 August 2024, the Waitangi Tribunal released Ngā Mātāpono – The Principles: The Interim Report of the Tomokia Ngā Tatau o Matangireia – The Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry Panel on The Crown’s Treaty Principles Bill and Treaty Clause Review Policies in pre-publication format.
Medical education in New Zealand Current state and consideration of future options
The University of Auckland (UoA) and University of Otago (UoO) have drawn together an overview of New Zealand’s current medical education system and assessment of future options to address the problems the system faces. This is designed to inform Manatū Hauora...
Academic Literature
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Reports and Government Documents
Costs of alcohol harms in New Zealand: Updating the evidence with recent research
Ministry of Health. The report estimates the gross costs of harms attributable to the consumption of alcohol, including harms to the drinker and others, to the extent that recent local evidence supports confidence in causal attribution and takes a conservative...
International Health Regulation amendment update
Ministry of Health. On 1 June, the World Health Assembly adopted amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR). Read more
Health Status Report
This is the first time Health New Zealand l Te Whatu Ora has published this report, a nationwide picture of the population’s health.
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