Health / Te Ao Maori

Māori doctors excited for new health authority

06:11 am on 22 April 2021

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Māori doctors believe a new health authority for tangata whenua will have the power it needs... but warn the devil's in the detail. 

The government will create a new Māori Health Authority as part of its shake-up of the health sector. 

Meriana Johnsen spoke to Medical Council chair Dr Curtis Walker, nō Ngāti Porou, who says he - and other medical professionals - welcome the change.