Māori Health

South Seas Healthcare chief executive Silao Vaisola-Sefo has called for a “coordinated response” provide an equitable response to the healthcare needs of Māori and Pacific communities during COVID-19

National Hauora Coalition says more than money needed to protect health of Māori in pandemic 

Associate Health and Whānau Ora Minister Peeni Henare has today announced the Government’s plan to support Māori communities and businesses in the face of COVID-19

Members of Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa - Māori Pharmacists Association, will tomorrow be representing pharmacy at events celebrating Waitangi Day, on the 180th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi

Abbie Barrett, community pharmacist in Te Puke, reports back on a national conference on empowering kaumātua 

Waitangi Tribunal findings that primary healthcare funding arrangements are anti-equity, and Māori rights have been breached, are not going to go away

Unichem Russell Street Pharmacy was recently presented with the Supreme Award at the Hawke's Bay Health Awards for its respiratory “warrant of fitness” initiative. 

A gala dinner was held on Saturday night for the Pharmaceutical Society New Zealand's annual conference where seven awards and fellowships were bestowed 

The Māori Pharmacists’ Association held its annual symposium in early June, attracting about 50 people. Discussions at the Auckland-based event included the status of rongoa Māori, institutional racism in the echelons of health bureaucracy and the benefits of hemp products

A new report from Pharmac further demonstrates that Māori are far less likely than Pākehā to receive appropriate medicines – and it is at least partly due to prescribers’ bias