Pasifika women twice as likely to die from breast cancer in NZ

New research shows Pasifika women in New Zealand are twice as likely to die from the breast cancer than their Palagi sisters, and that's not the worst of the data.

A Niuean woman from South Auckland says the New Zealand health system disadvantages Pacific people.

Her breast cancer diagnosis was followed by a litany of delays and communication errors that have adversely affected her health outcomes.

New research shows she's not alone and that Pasifika women in New Zealand are twice as likely to die from the disease than their Palagi sisters, and that's not the worst of the data.

Dominic Godfrey has more.