Unconscionable costs of status quo: $863.3 million per year estimated cost of health inequities gap

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Unconscionable costs of status quo: $863.3 million per year estimated cost of health inequities gap

Gabrielle Baker, consultant, health equity

Gabrielle Baker

Tainui chief Whatihua as guardian
The Crown has not acted in the face of Māori health need, says the Waitangi Tribunal (pictured, Tainui chief Whatihua on pou whenua, Matamata) [image: NZD]

Arguments about social justice and honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi haven’t forced decisive action on Māori health inequities: perhaps economics can, writes Gabrielle Baker

Despite the hopes and aspirations of my high school economics teacher, I’m no economist. And, by and large, I’m happy with this – or I was, until n