Labour’s Willie Jackson not in favour of Māori Health Authority revival
Labour’s Māori campaign chairperson Willie Jackson says he “personally” does not want to reintroduce the scrapped Māori Health…
Four heart and lung charities merge into one, pushing for life-saving technology upon launch – Te Ao Māori News
Four of New Zealand’s leading heart and lung health charities have merged into one organisation, using their launch…
Removing ethnicity criteria in health funding overhaul creates an inferior formula – Dr David Galler
She is right that the system has moved, but according to many experts, backwards as a result of…
Large Hastings medical centre Hauora Heretaunga to cut enrolled patients by half
TToH has begun identifying the 3000 patients affected, and will begin transitioning whānau to other GPs, a statement…
Woman ‘disgusted’ her autistic sister, 11, restrained and injected
The whānau of an 11-year-old girl with autism who was mistaken for an adult mental health patient, before…
Move-on orders will criminalise homeless children
Public health experts say the proposed move-on orders will “criminalise homelessness” among some of Aotearoa’s most vulnerable young…
Pharmac proposes removing priority access of type 2 diabetes meds for Māori, Pasifika
A once-controversial decision to prioritise access to type 2 diabetes medication for Māori and Pacific people is showing…
Clinical meets cultural as medical students educate via social media
A group of Māori and Pasifika medical and health students have become content creators on a mission to…
Top health leader join forces for new lobby group putting public healthcare on political agenda
Health leaders, economists and unionists have founded Kaitiaki Hauora – Together for Public Health to make retention of…
Hinemoa Elder has a potent piece of advice for 2026
Mentor, psychiatrist and author Dr Hinemoa Elder’s best-selling books draw from ancient Māori wisdom and mythology, but her…
Māori ethnic population nears million
Nearly a million people living in Aotearoa New Zealand identify as Māori and that number is likely to…
Men ‘should be stepping up and calling out’
Advocates for women and domestic abuse victims are calling for men to take responsibility for “their whanaunga” (relatives)…