Riana Manuel
New Zealand's only Māori cardiologist
The country's only Māori cardiologist says his status is nothing to celebrate but represents that something needs to change.
In part three of an in-depth series on Māori health, RNZ examines how the… Audio
Māori Health Authority looking at life-expectancy gap
The new Māori Health Authority predicts the seven-year life expectancy gap between Māori and non-Māori should be falling within five years, as its CEO makes a commitment to change.
As part of an… Audio
Māori Health Authority CEO Riana Manuel
In July this year, Te Pae Ora healthy futures bill comes in to effect. This replaces the 20 District Health Boards with Health New Zealand - a new Crown organisation - to provide a national health… Audio
Covid-19: Māori health authority on government response
The Waitangi Tribunal's scathing has concluded the government's Covid-19 response and vaccine rollout put Māori at risk.
The Tribunal says Cabinet's decision to go against official advice and not… Audio
Covid-19: Hauraki Plains switches from testing to vaccination mode
A Hauraki Plains health organisation Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki is pivoting from Covid-19 tests to a vaccine push on two marae this weekend.
The area went into lockdown after three members of a… Audio
Covid-19: Waikato residents turning up in droves to get tested
Residents near Kaiaua have been turning up in droves to get tested for Covid-19 since three cases three cases were identified from a household nearby.
Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki blitzed through… Audio
Covid-19: Hauraki community waits anxiously for test results
A small Waikato community is waiting anxiously for hundreds of covid test results to come back today.
More than half the people who live in and around Mangatangi and Whakatiwai turned up at a local… Audio
Testing blitz around Firth of Thames as Covid-19 cases emerge
A testing blitz has been on in several Waikato towns today after three cases emerged from a household on the Hauraki Plains.
The three are household members of a prisoner on bail, who returned to… Audio
Hauraki Plains hapori turning out in droves to be tested
The small rural communities around the Hauraki Plains are turning out in force to get tested for Covid-19, after three people in the Waikato hapori tested positive for the virus last night.
The three… Audio
Covid-19: Nervousness in Hauraki after positive cases
The head of a Hauraki Plains health organisation says the community will be feeling anxious about how far Covid-19 may have spread.
Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki is running a pop-up testing centre at… Audio
Big demand for testing centres in Coromandel
Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki, is a rural, Iwi-based, not-for-profit health provider in the Hauraki rohe, and it's set up a number of swabbing centres across the Coromandel this morning. The centre in… Audio
