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New Zealand’s Pacific population is young, growing and requires a targeted approach from general practice says Northland GP and RNZCGP Pacific Chapter vice-chair Aniva Lawrence

Government funding for Pacific healthcare providers rolling out COVID-19 vaccination shows ‘the lessons of the past year have been learned’ 

Population growth has delayed construction of New Zealand’s first community-designed Pacific healthcare centre, to be based in Hamilton

New Zealand’s 2021 flu vaccination programme will definitely start on 14 April, says Immunisation Advisory Centre national influenza coordinator Barbara McArdle

Any government plan for rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations to Māori must be led by Māori and take advantage of existing social structures, says National Hauora Coalition chief executive Simon Royal 

Jensen Webber has been appointed acting chief executive of Mahitahi Hauora PHE following the resignation and departure of Phillip Balmer 

Otara’s South Seas Healthcare is expanding the youth engagement programme it launched in April last year 

The Wai 2575 claimants are unhappy with what appears to be a further delay to the design and development of an independent Māori health authority 

Māori and Pacific providers will be at the centre of a whānau-centred COVID-19 vaccination programme 

The staff at Manurewa’s Greenstone Family Clinic were in celebratory mood after getting their first COVID-19 vaccinations on Sunday