How the Treaty really guides NZ’s drug-buying policies

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How the Treaty really guides NZ’s drug-buying policies

Dominic O’Sullivan

Friday 2 August 2024, 11:02 AM

In his Pharmac directive, associate health minister David Seymour overlooks how the Treaty’s principles can guide equitable health policies and improve outcomes for Māori [Image: ACT Party]

Associate health minister David Seymour’s directive to Pharmac may streamline decisionmaking but it downplays the true role of the Treaty of Waitangi, writes Dominic O’Sullivan

Reports that associate health minister David Seymour has told Pharmac to “stop factoring Te Tiriti o Waitangi into its decisions” aren’t strictly accu

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