Māori Health

Pharmacy gets a mention in the Government’s newly released interim New Zealand Health Plan but the document contains few announcements for the sector with little detail about how the measures in it will be implemented or paid for

South Korean-born James Yu is embedded in te ao Māori. His pharmacy lies almost straight ahead when you walk through the doors of the beautiful premises of Te Kōhao Health in Hamilton East.

New research suggests short-acting asthma inhalers are being overused and long-acting ones are underutilised, especially for Māori and Pacific peoples 

Brendon McIntosh (Kāi Tahu) of Kia Kaha Chemist travels around the South Island to marae and community centres giving talks on wellbeing for Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu, the Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency for the South Island. He also locums a few days a week in community pharmacy.

A rongoā practitioner in Queenstown shares a clinic with a pharmacist, bringing a holistic healing choice to local patients 

Māori health leaders hope the decolonisation of traditional rongoā healing will help to improve health outcomes for Māori. With ACC funding rongōa services and promises of more contracts, pharmacists supporting rongoā welcome its partnership with mainstream medicine. Paulette Crowley reports 

Māori health leaders hope the decolonisation of traditional rongoā healing will help to improve health outcomes for Māori. With ACC funding rongōa services and promises of more contracts, pharmacists supporting rongoā welcome its partnership with mainstream medicine. Paulette Crowley reports 

A rongoā practitioner in Queenstown shares a clinic with a pharmacist, bringing a holistic healing choice to local patients 

Brendon McIntosh (Kāi Tahu) of Kia Kaha Chemist travels around the South Island to marae and community centres giving talks on wellbeing for Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu, the Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency for the South Island. He also locums a few days a week in community pharmacy.

The pharmacy sector will be watching and waiting this month as 20 DHBs give way to Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks at what might happen