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I nnovations brought in by iwi and Māori health providers are actually a necessary response to massive need amid the COVID-19 pandemic, says Turuki Healthcare chief executive Te Puea Winiata

If COVID-19 has an upside, it’s that when things get really quiet, they can also get that much more personal

Turuki Healthcare’s Māngere and Panmure practices now have uniformed security guards on duty after two incidents of staff being assaulted by aggressive patients

Three years of “mild” failures in a GP’s treatment of a woman with a complex medical history delayed her bowel cancer diagnosis until it was terminal

Two instances of Cabinet not accepting expert advice dominated day four of the urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing into the COVID-19 response 

The generals running the Māori COVID-19 response should be replaced by the interim Māori Health Authority board, says Ngāti Hine Heath Trust chief executive Geoff Milner 

Waitangi Tribunal is told the Government has abandoned science in its COVID response, in favour of the economy and political interests

ProCare is to share its patient data with healthcare collective Taumata Kōrero to bolster the Māori vaccination drive 

General practice will get additional funding for their involvement in the Government’s COVID-at-home care plan, says health minister Andrew Little

The Ministry of Health is overestimating COVID-19 vaccination rates for Māori and Pacific peoples, says academic and Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā member Donna Cormack