17 Apr 2020

Virus a stark reminder of Aotearoa's health inequities

From Checkpoint, 6:11 pm on 17 April 2020

New research has confirmed what Māori health experts have been warning since Covid-19 arrived on our shores.

Māori are more likely to die from the virus than any other ethnic group.

But now that New Zealand has seen the curve on the number of new cases flatten, does this still matter?

Te Aniwa Hurihanganui explains why it does.