Who’s healthy? Lessons from Te Matatini

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Who’s healthy? Lessons from Te Matatini

Barbara Docherty

Barbara Docherty

Te Matatini ki te Ao
Scenes from Te Matatini ki te Ao 2019, held last weekend in Wellington [photo: YouTube]

Could it be that small-scale efforts to improve Māori health are paying off but results are not being captured in the official stats? Barbara Docherty writes

Quietly working away, often without fanfare, are many groups set up by Māori in different, often small, geographical areas of New Zealand to change ea