A person tests their blood sugar level at the dining table Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
A pilot project of a one-stop shop diabetes clinic that has toured 10 Far North marae has wound up this week.
In Aotearoa more than 300,000 people live with diabetes - mostly type 2.
The estimated rate of the disease nationally is just over 4 percent - but among Maori it is more like 7 percent - creeping even higher in Northland.
Sarah Williams is a nurse working with Te Hiku Hauora has been co-ordinating the clinics and talks to Mihi about the project.
