Pharmac moves on Māori health: Funding agency creates long-sought new Māori directorate

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Pharmac moves on Māori health: Funding agency creates long-sought new Māori directorate

Gabrielle Baker, consultant, health equity

Gabrielle Baker

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The sole Māori executive on a senior leadership team must try to convince their non-Māori colleagues of benefits [Image: asbe on iStock]

Gabrielle Baker looks back through the years since bureaucrats decided they ought to work on Māori health objectives

December is always a whirlwind. It is my least favourite month, despite my Christmas spirit, so it is hard to keep up with my interests outside of jus