Stories by Matai O'Connor

The government has announced the people who will lead the Māori Health Authority that it hopes will address the staggering inequities Māori face in the health system.

The Human Rights Commission will no longer consider individual complaints over the use of te reo Māori or the term Pākehā. Audio

A Māori-led mobile vaccine clinic that focuses on going to emergency and transitional housing is being used in Te Whanganui-a-Tara to help curb vaccine hesitation in the community.

Survivors and advocates are urging Māori to get their prostates checked to help turn around stats of more Māori dying from it.

Increasing numbers of people are using the web, apps and social media to learn te reo Māori and promote the language. Audio

Almost 40 percent of Tairāwhiti residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine - with Māori health providers and a DHB joining forces.

Māori health professionals are warning of the threat the Covid-19 Delta variant could pose for Māori and Pasifika communities, and are urging more to be done to address equity when the vaccine rollout…