Māori Health
A cancer diagnosis via a two-minute phone call - The shadow of racism over cancer
A cancer diagnosis should be an open korero between doctor and patient. But for Terauoriwa Pere, it was a two-minute, one-way phone call.
In part four of RNZ's In-Depth investigation of Māori…
Doctors without peers - how the health workforce is little like the patients it serves
The health workforce doesn’t reflect the patients that it serves. It’s one of the reasons some people get much sicker - and die earlier - than others.
In part three of RNZ's In-Depth investigation of…
Bullied by a doctor, beaten by the health system - the scourge of diabetes
The scourge of diabetes looms darkly over the people of Aotearoa. But its impact falls much more heavily on Māori than non-Māori.
In part two of RNZ's In-Depth investigation of Māori health, Ella…
‘How is that a thing?’ - The persistent life expectancy gap that must come down
Measures that directly address the racial chasm in the length of Kiwi lives should not be feared, the Māori Health Authority chief executive says.
In part one of RNZ's In-Depth investigation of Māori…
DHB seeks to attract Māori students into health careers
A pilot scheme to attract more young Māori into health careers is being considered for West Coast communities.
Māori medical students fed up with pathway ignorance
Māori students studying medicine at the University of Otago say they are fed up with the ignorance they face over the way they are selected into their second year of study. There are limited spaces in… Audio
$25k for Māori researcher tackling health inequities
A leading Māori researcher tackling the health inequities facing indigenous peoples around the world has won a $25,000 grant.