It’s been a big week.
The Trans-Tasman Bubble opened on Monday with plenty of interpretative dance and celebration, and by the end of the week traffic was
Koroi Hawkins joined RNZ International in late 2014 from the Solomon Islands, following eight years in mainstream media in that country, starting out with its first locally owned and run television station and later working as a full-time freelancer for regional and international media, as well as doing video production work for local and international NGOs.
Even in the early days working in local television, Koroi always had a passion and a curiosity for the Pacific and he continues to follow this calling covering the regions daily news and current affairs for RNZ International’s Pacific Regional News and Dateline Pacific.
General comments
Associate Professor Tim Tenbensel, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, comments:
“This morning’s announcement is truly a historic event. The changes proposed go significantly beyond what had been recommended by the Health and Disability Review Report last year. The big news is the abolition of District Health Boards, and their replacement with a single national organization, provisionally known as Health New Zealand, which will have four regional divisions, and a district or locality branches at local levels.
“The creation of a Maori Health Authority with commissioning powers is the other major innovation. Again, the scope of the MHA goes beyond what was recommended by the Simpson Review, and aligns more closely with the ‘dissenting’ view supported by the majority of the Review panel.
Article – Helene Ritchie What have Minister Andrew Littles health reforms and the verdict in the George Floyd case in common? Both herald promise of significant reform, in our country, and America. Both seek significant redress ensuring all people will benefit. Both …
What have Minister Andrew Little’s health reforms and the verdict in the George Floyd case in common? Both herald promise of significant reform, in our country, and America. Both seek significant redress ensuring all people will benefit. Both are historic.
Minister Little has announced sweeping and overdue change in our Health system, determined to bring about equitable access to a national health system, to replace inequitable access, a fragmented system, difficult for professionals to work in and people to navigate.
A new Māori Health Authority will also be established and will have the power to commission services, monitor the state of Māori health and develop policy. The Counties Manukau District Health Board currently has responsibility for 574,000 people and has the second largest Māori population in the country, across south and east Auckland.
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Botany resident Graham King says people shouldn t have to go through what he has to get modern medicines to treat type 2 diabetes. The area has widespread health problems, including diabetes and obesity, as well as high levels of socio-economic deprivation. King said the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, which provides funding for a number of providers in south Auckland, is an example of what can be done under a by-Māori, for-Māori model.