Te Ao Māori

The chances of women dying from breast cancer have halved since 2003, but Māori and Pacific women still face higher risk, particularly within 10 years of getting the disease.

Māori health providers are holding back on Covid-19 vaccinations for children in the face of growing anti-vaxxer protest in the wider Whanganui region.

A historic agreement recognising Māori interests in the radio spectrum has been signed at Parliament today.

A mobile Covid-19 team in Rangitīkei will head into back-block farm stations in the drive to close the vaccination gap for Māori as the country braces for Omicron.

Māori health leaders say something needs to be done to close the Covid-19 vaccine gap for Māori.

A Covid-19 Māori health analyst says more than 106,000 vaccinated Māori are not eligible for a booster shot until after 1 March - too late to protect against the expected Omicron surge.

Police have handed their internal review into the practice of photographing young people to two independent watchdogs.

New Zealand does not have enough nurses or ICU beds, healthcare figures warn, as their workforce braces for Omicron. Audio

The Ministry of Health says it will have to consult with a number of parties, including the privacy commissioner, before considering releasing data on Māori children who are eligible for the Covid-19…

A Covid-19 Māori health analyst is calling on the government to prioritise Māori and Pasifika children in the 5-11 years vaccine rollout or risk the consequences of a "brown pandemic".

Stark inequities in treatment and survival rates for Māori and Pacific patients diagnosed with NZ's biggest cancer killer are the focus of $6 million in new research funding.

The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency says it plans to take further legal action against the Ministry of Health to get it to release data on Māori children who are now eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine.

Educating people that the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out was not "two and done" is the focus of Marlborough health staff as they try to lift booster shots, particularly for Māori and Pasifika populations.

An iwi collective's Covid-19 campaign to lift Māori vaccination will go out on the front foot with an online information blitz to tackle hesitancy about vaccinating children.

The Capital and Coast District Health Board is the first to hit 90 percent of Māori fully vaccinated, but health staff will not be taking their feet "off the pedal" after reaching the milestone.

An open letter to the government has been penned by the National Iwi Chairs Forum out of concern for the way rāhui are being ignored. Audio

The group, which translates to Young Warriors, was formed by rangatahi in the early 1970s and to fight racism and confront injustices.

The Raukūmara Pae Maunga restoration project is underway with the first lot of workers being sent into the ancestral forest to cull deer and goats.

Thousands of Rātana followers, politicians and dignitaries have been asked to stay away because of the threat of Covid-19 and most traditional activities have been called off.

Police are tightening rules on photographing young people - but there are fears young Māori could be disadvantaged. Audio