When prime minister Christopher Luxon criticised doctors for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika patients, he called it a matter of need, not ethnicity. But if healthcare isn’t based on ethnicity, how will we truly capture those with the highest need, ponders Lucy O’Hagan
The Coalition Government has missed its target to publish an updated Health Workforce Plan by 30 September, pushing the self-imposed deadline out to the end of December
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Māori Language Week ran from 14 to 21 September. University of Canterbury Aotahi School of Māori and Indigenous Studies professor Jeanette King writes about the revitalisation of te reo over the past five decades
The Government says a cost blowout for the new Dunedin Hospital, which could see its price tag reach close to $3 billion, means the planned project can no longer be justified
A new $10 million mental health and addictions fund has been criticised as having a set of ‘impossible prerequisites’ that lock community and grassroots organisations out of the application process writes Patrice Dougan