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Three reasons to be cheerful in spite of difficult year for Māori health

11 December 2024

Gabrielle Baker

Wednesday 11 December 2024, 12:30 AM

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Gabrielle Baker considers the challenges faced by the Māori health sector in 2024, but finds there are positives to highlight

This year has been bleak for Māori health – at a national level anyway. A combination of the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora, through legislati

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References

Online article. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and the haka that’s been seen 700 million times by a worldwide audience. New Zealand Herald 17 November 2024.
Online article. Perese, Daniel. Hīkoi mo te Tiriti: Why more than 42,000 people joined in on the final day. Te Ao Maori News 19 November 2024.
Online article. Natanahira, Tuwhenuaroa. Veteran alcohol harm reduction campaigner's message for non-Māori organisations. RNZ 22 March 2024.
Government briefing paper (proactively released). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): current work and future opportunities. 7 March 2024. See: tinyurl.com/FASD-paper
Te Whatu Ora. The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Diagnostic Guidelines for Aotearoa (New Zealand) 2024. See: tinyurl.com/FASD-guide
Litmus. Research to inform the FASD Action Plan. 11 March 2024. See: tinyurl.com/FASD-research
See for example, Te Tauraki (the IMPB for the Ngāi Tahu Takiwā): tetauraki.co.nz/whanau-maori-voice/
Te Whata. 2023 Census data. He whata kai, he whata kōrero, inā he māramatanga. https://tewhata.io/

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