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Waitangi Tribunal claimant and Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon is calling on the Crown to respond to the Waitangi Tribunal Hauora Report with more urgency. (First published August 2019)
The Government is poised to announce a major shake-up of health services struggling with overflowing emergency departments, deep inequities, and long surgical waiting lists, but critics say it is unlikely to be enough to turnaround patient care. Health Minister Andrew Little has already signalled that a new Māori Health Authority is on the cards, along with a cut in the number of district health boards and a new agency, Health NZ, to oversee those boards that survive the cull.
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Media release from the National Hauora Coalition
Wednesday 21 April 2021, 08:54 AM
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The National Hauora Coalition (NHC) welcomes today’s announcement on the establishment of an Independent Hauora Agency focused on addressing the significant inequities that currently exist for Māori.
NHC Chief Executive, Simon Royal, commented that “in the last 20 years we as a country have spent over $200 billion on health which has improved health outcomes for every population group, except for Māori. Doing more of the same is not good enough as New Zealanders, as Māori, are dying every day because of failings in our health system. It is time to accept we need to do something very different if we are serious about equity.”
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At the top of the list of design principles are operational independence, adequate and enduring funding and mana motuhake or Māori control over health and wellbeing including service design, delivery and monitoring.