The Waitangi Tribunal is busy! Multiple hearings told of Māori being forgotten, failed by Crown

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The Waitangi Tribunal is busy! Multiple hearings told of Māori being forgotten, failed by Crown

Gabrielle Baker, consultant, health equity

Gabrielle Baker

Maori Battalion Pouwhenua Wellingon CR Lisa Maule
Pou waho carved by Eruera Te Whiti Nia (Ngāti Te Whiti) and dedicated to the Māori Battalion in memory of ancestors of Wellington iwi who gave their lives in service [Image: Lisa Maule CC BY-SA 4.0]

A vast amount of evidence before the Waitangi Tribunal suggests to Gabrielle Baker that the health reforms might yet prove unfit for redress for Māori

The potential gains of a “transformed” health and disability system may be lost for tāngata whaikaha Māori – Māori with lived experience of disability