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Health Social

Whānau Ora providers named

 158 provider organisations have come together into 25 collectives to deliver whānau ora – integrative contracting, over much of the country.

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Education Health Social

Medical Council looks to boost Māori doctor numbers

The Medical Council says a long term fix is needed to get more Māori into the health professions. The council’s latest workforce survey found that while Māori make up around 15 percent of the population, the proportion of Māori doctors dropped in the past three years by point one percent to 3
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Government Rōpu Māori Social

Big week for the Māori Party

Harawira off foreshore bill select committee Māori Party MP Hone Harawiri has been pulled from the foreshore bill select committee because he had already decided his position to oppose the bill.

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Rōpu Māori

Sykes slams iwi chairs’ roundtable

The iwi chairs forum has been slammed as an unelected and unaccountable group which has no mandate to make major decisions on behalf of Maoridom.

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Rōpu Māori Te Reo

Māori language is dying

The Waitangi Tribunal claim that the Māori language is in a drought.