Māori health snapshot: Follow the data and target inequities

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Māori health snapshot: Follow the data and target inequities

May 2025

Gabrielle Baker

Wednesday 30 April 2025, 12:00 AM

The question is, what to do with nearly two decades of data on Māori health?

Gabrielle Baker is pleased to have the findings from the new Tatau Kahukura but is disheartened by health factors for Māori that are not improving, such as the life expectancy gap and problems with accessing healthcare

The other day someone mentioned to me that an updated version of Tatau Kahukura was online. I almost couldn’t believe it. It has been 10 years since t

Māori Health

Inequity

Unmet Need

Politics

References

New Zealand Government. April 2006. See: beehive.govt.nz/release/maori-health-statistics-released
Riley N. Māori data is a taonga. E-Tangata. May 2023. See: tinyurl.com/Maori-data
Ministry of Health. Tatau Kahukura: Māori Health Chart Book 2024. See: tinyurl.com/Chart-2024
New Zealand Government. Social Investment Agency. January 2025. See: tinyurl.com/Govt-SIA
New Zealand Government. Hon Nicola Willis: “Speech to Social Investment Hui: Jack and his whānau need our help.” November 2024. See: tinyurl.com/Speech-Willis
Ibid.

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