Māori Health

Research finds that pharmacists are well placed to assist Māori with minor ailments, but cost is a barrier. Paulette Crowley reports 

Māori would benefit from funded minor ailment services, researchers have found in a new study

Northland clinical pharmacist shares her views on how pharmacists can work with rongoā Māori and why the indigenous healing system should not be legislated.

Northland clinical pharmacist shares her views on how pharmacists can work with rongoā Māori and why the indigenous healing system should not be legislated.

In our series “A great place to work”, Pharmacy Today highlights positivity into pharmacy pharmacies offering a work culture that attracts and retains staff. This month, we visit south Auckland. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports 

Sixty biologically active compounds have been found in kawakawa, which could mean big business possibilities

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 

The legal showdown between the New Zealand Independent Pharmacists Group, Te Whatu Ora and the Ministry of Health had its third and final day in the High Court at Wellington. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports 

Already on a sharp ascent in the world of academia Fulbright winner Joanna Hikaka has won a Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis at University of Auckland 

HAVING THE CONVERSATION about maternal vaccinations with pregnant Māori women goes a long way to persuading them to get vaccinated, a recently published study suggests.