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Keep imagining, one day Māori will see equitable outcomes

Gabrielle Baker, consultant, health equity

Gabrielle Baker

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And, as Lady Whistledown says, hope is a dangerous emotion [Image: Nurofina on iStock]

Gabrielle Baker looks at the ‘dangerous emotion’ of hope but concludes the process of decolonisation must continue for Māori

The Waitangi Tribunal imagined a health system that honoured Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles Having made Māori health policy my career, you would
References
  1. Kiddle R, Jackson M, Elkington B, et al. Imagining decolonisation (vol 81). Bridget Williams Books, 2020.
  2. Newsroom interview. Phrasing taken from an interview with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, 31/08/2023. See tinyurl.com/Petersnewsroom