Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 15, 2018 16:19:50 GMT 12
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL INVESTIGATES SICK, RACIST HEALTH SYSTEM THAT 'FAILS MĀORI'
The perilous state of Māori health has been described as a humanitarian crisis. It's now under investigation by the Waitangi Tribunal, with more than 200 claimants accusing the Crown of operating a sick, racist system that fails Māori. Carmen Parahi reports....
.... Since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, Māori have sought equality with the Crown as treaty partners.
Māori sold or donated land to the Crown for hospitals but few were ever built. Introduced diseases such as influenza wiped out thousands, and by the turn of the 20th Century, the Māori population was decimated....
....Maipi will demand a new system based on an overseas indigenous model.
Royal plans to push for either a national Māori DHB or a standalone Māori hauora or health system based on matauranga or Māori knowledge.
"Those solutions need to be Māori led, adequately resourced, supported by government," says Royal.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/107679218/waitangi-tribunal-investigates-sick-racist-health-system-that-fails-maori
The perilous state of Māori health has been described as a humanitarian crisis. It's now under investigation by the Waitangi Tribunal, with more than 200 claimants accusing the Crown of operating a sick, racist system that fails Māori. Carmen Parahi reports....
.... Since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, Māori have sought equality with the Crown as treaty partners.
Māori sold or donated land to the Crown for hospitals but few were ever built. Introduced diseases such as influenza wiped out thousands, and by the turn of the 20th Century, the Māori population was decimated....
....Maipi will demand a new system based on an overseas indigenous model.
Royal plans to push for either a national Māori DHB or a standalone Māori hauora or health system based on matauranga or Māori knowledge.
"Those solutions need to be Māori led, adequately resourced, supported by government," says Royal.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/107679218/waitangi-tribunal-investigates-sick-racist-health-system-that-fails-maori