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Jacinda Ardern faces questions about Labour s healthcare policy, which increases funding for Pharmac and dental care. Just three of Pharmac’s 130 staff members identified as Māori last year, despite the country’s drug-buying agency vowing to prioritise Māori leadership and uphold the Treaty of Waitangi as a way to ensure better health outcomes for Māori. There were more staff members who identified their whakapapa as ‘British/Irish’ and Chinese – five staff members apiece – than Māori, according to the agency’s annual report. The lack of Māori representation, particularly within its senior leadership team, was “unacceptable on every level,” said Leanne Te Karu, associate dean (Māori) at Otago University’s School of Pharmacy. Patient Voice Aotearoa chairman Malcolm Mulholland described it as “absolutely appalling”. ....