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The forgotten coast: Ngati Porou’s hidden health crisis
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The forgotten coast: Ngati Porou’s hidden health crisis
Wednesday 10 May 2017, 12:22 PM

Hauora Tairawhiti chief executive Jim Green
The East Coast north of Gisborne is one of the most isolated and economically deprived areas of the country, and its mostly Maori residents experience some of the worst health outcomes. Iwi health provider and PHO Ngati Porou Hauora is trying to turn the tide of what it calls decades of official neglect. Cliff Taylor travelled to the coast to hear their story
ON A glittering autumn morning, one of the world’s largest cruise ships lies at anchor off Gisborne, disgorging hundreds of well-heeled passengers int, Tokumaru East Coast