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For two years reporter Alan Perrott has been chasing the fate of $20 million worth of diabetes funding only to discover spending money isn’t as easy as you would think

Iwi Māori partnership boards are set to become vehicles for iwi looking to purchase further medical practices

In a year where the Coalition Government has acted on promises to disband Te Aka Whai Ora Māori Health Authority, remove equity as a health priority and discourage official use of te reo Government agency names, the yet-to-be proven iwi Māori partnership boards can appear like the last man standing from the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) legalisation for those seeking meaningful input from Māori into Māori health policy and service provision. But there is another; the Hauora Māori Advisory Committee.

Tony Hanne refused to put rules ahead of his patients and it cost him his career. Reporter Alan Perrott talks to the specialist GP and ADHD expert about taking on the system

Reporter Alan Perrott talks to a kaupapa Māori provider with dreams of transforming the wellbeing of its community

Phase one of Te Tira Ārai Urutā the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned was released late last month. Reporter Alan Perrott sat down with inquiry chair Tony Blakely ahead of the release

The increasing number of Māori and Pacific students studying medicine and surgery at the University of Otago Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka is a “good news story”, says a public health leader

In a year where the Coalition Government has acted on promises to disband Te Aka Whai Ora Māori Health Authority, remove equity as a health priority and discourage official use of te reo Government agency names, the yet-to-be proven iwi Māori partnership boards can appear like the last man standing from the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) legalisation for those seeking meaningful input from Māori into Māori health policy and service provision. But there is another; the Hauora Māori Advisory Committee.

The Government’s decision to dismantle Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority, has been the subject of an urgent claim to the Waitangi Tribunal. Alan Perrott reports on the tribunal’s findings released late last month

Reporter Alan Perrott talks to a kaupapa Māori provider with dreams of transforming the wellbeing of its community