Legislation scrapping Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority, is being described as a nail in the coffin for health equity.
As part of its 100-day plan, the coalition government will today introduce a bill under urgency to dissolve the agency.
It was set up in 2022 to work in parallel with the Ministry of Health and Te Whatu Ora to address the marked disparities in Māori health which see Māori die more than seven years earlier than non-Māori.
Grant Berghan has worked in Māori health for 35 years and is part of Health Coalition Aotearoa.
Berghan spoke to Charlotte Cook.
