Better data, better health funding: Hopes of more Māori and Pacific people in next Census

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Better data, better health funding: Hopes of more Māori and Pacific people in next Census

Natasha
Jojoa Burling
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University of Auckland associate dean Pacific Collin Tukuitonga says Pacific families worry about the Government finding out about people without a visa [image: Stuff]

Natasha Jojoa Burling finds out about next year’s Census and why improving data quality is important for the health sector

Data come from people; the more they are owned by the people, the better Stats NZ says the 2023 Census has been designed to lift response rates, , Tereki Stewart_0.jpg , Te Kāhui Raraunga Te Mana Whakatipu programme director Tereki Stewart says if anyone’s going to succeed in getting a better response rate, it’s iwi [i