Te Tiriti
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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
Who is getting into medical school and health courses? Study shows affirmative action’s successes and failures
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.
Alcohol-related suicides higher risk for Māori and Pacific women – study
The Office of the Chief Coroner has released the annual provisional suspected suicide statistics.
The challenge of delivering rural dental care
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.
Commentary
How the Treaty really guides NZ’s drug-buying policies
Associate health minister David Seymour’s directive to Pharmac may streamline decisionmaking but it downplays the true role of the Treaty of Waitangi, writes Dominic O’Sullivan
Māori wards repealed: This is what colonisation looks like in 2024 – Lady Tureiti Moxon
Today marks a sombre moment in time as the Crown has once again chosen to disregard Te Tiriti o Waitangi by repealing the Māori Ward law.
Royal Commission into Abuse in Care raises tough questions for current Government
The Royal Commission into Abuse in Care shone light into a dark corner of modern New Zealand history, revealing inconceivable industrial-level abuse of 200,000 of our most vulnerable people.
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Reports and Government Documents
Priority | Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac honours and actively upholds Te Tiriti o Waitangi across all our work to achieve the best health outcomes for Māori within our available resources.
Ngā whakahoutanga ā-haoura-Health reforms
A full Health and Disability System Review in 2019-2020, which included DHBs, health providers, communities, and stakeholders, reinforced the Waitangi Tribunal’s findings and set the scene for the major changes needed.
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
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