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JOHN TAMIHERE CALLS FOR NEW POLICY TO TACKLE RACISM IN HEALTH SECTOR
Waipareira Trust chief executive John Tamihere is calling for a Māori descent population policy to tackle racism as part of the new Māori Health Authority.
The authority will have the power to commission health services, monitor the state of Māori health and develop policy.
Tamihere, who is also a former Labour cabinet minister and former Māori Party co-leader, says, “If the funding follows a Māori descent population policy, we won’t fight over anything because it comes as it should on a per capita basis, which is every Māori is equal, every Māori counts......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/300283748/john-tamihere-calls-for-new-policy-to-tackle-racism-in-health-sector
MĀORI HEALTH AUTHORITY MUST INCLUDE HOLISTIC WELLBEING - NGĀI TAHU HEALTH PROVIDER
A Southern iwi health provider wants the new Māori Health Authority to fund services that encompass all of hauora, not just GP visits.
The government will be canvassing views of Māori medical experts, iwi and providers across the country in the coming months about what services the Māori authority should fund, how much money it will have, and who will be represented on the Iwi-Māori partnership boards, which will operate on a local level……
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/441026/maori-health-authority-must-include-holistic-wellbeing-ngai-tahu-health-provider
LITTLE SEEKS BIG PARTNERSHIP IN HEALTH REFORM
Health Minister Andrew Little says the new Māori Health Authority will be a true treaty partnership.
Mr Little says the Government has given itself until July next year to get the structures in place, and Māori needs to determine what the Māori Health Authority will look like, and who will be on it.
The decisions the Māori Health Authority makes will be independent of the crown……..
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjcxMjI/Paakiwaha/Little-seeks-big-partnership-in-health-reform
Waipareira Trust chief executive John Tamihere is calling for a Māori descent population policy to tackle racism as part of the new Māori Health Authority.
The authority will have the power to commission health services, monitor the state of Māori health and develop policy.
Tamihere, who is also a former Labour cabinet minister and former Māori Party co-leader, says, “If the funding follows a Māori descent population policy, we won’t fight over anything because it comes as it should on a per capita basis, which is every Māori is equal, every Māori counts......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/300283748/john-tamihere-calls-for-new-policy-to-tackle-racism-in-health-sector
MĀORI HEALTH AUTHORITY MUST INCLUDE HOLISTIC WELLBEING - NGĀI TAHU HEALTH PROVIDER
A Southern iwi health provider wants the new Māori Health Authority to fund services that encompass all of hauora, not just GP visits.
The government will be canvassing views of Māori medical experts, iwi and providers across the country in the coming months about what services the Māori authority should fund, how much money it will have, and who will be represented on the Iwi-Māori partnership boards, which will operate on a local level……
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/441026/maori-health-authority-must-include-holistic-wellbeing-ngai-tahu-health-provider
LITTLE SEEKS BIG PARTNERSHIP IN HEALTH REFORM
Health Minister Andrew Little says the new Māori Health Authority will be a true treaty partnership.
Mr Little says the Government has given itself until July next year to get the structures in place, and Māori needs to determine what the Māori Health Authority will look like, and who will be on it.
The decisions the Māori Health Authority makes will be independent of the crown……..
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjcxMjI/Paakiwaha/Little-seeks-big-partnership-in-health-reform