Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 21, 2024 4:14:22 GMT 12
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL ACCEPTS URGENCY FOR CLAIM AGAINST SCRAPPING OF MĀORI HEALTH AUTHORITY, CRITICISES ‘PROBLEMATIC’ GOVERNMENT APPROACH
The Waitangi Tribunal has accepted there are grounds for an urgent inquiry into the scrapping of Te Aka Whai Ora (the Māori Health Authority).
The final decision about when any inquiry is held has been adjourned, until the Government provides more information, including when exactly it will introduce legislation to disestablish the authority.
Te Aka Whai Ora came into effect on July 1, 2022, in a bid to shift decades-long health inequities, which contribute to Māori dying younger and living with worse illness.....