A day for tāngata whaikaha Māori: Papakura Marae occasion a landmark in disability issues

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A day for tāngata whaikaha Māori: Papakura Marae occasion a landmark in disability issues

Gabrielle Baker, consultant, health equity

Gabrielle Baker

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Papakura Marae was home to the first in-person hearing in the Waitangi Tribunal’s inquiry into disability [Image: Gabrielle Baker]

It was a privilege to hear evidence of how tāngata whaikaha Māori (Māori with lived experience of disability) have fared in the health system, writes Gabrielle Baker

The Waitangi Tribunal primary care report has been highly (and unprecedently) influential on government policy Papakura Marae served as the first