21 May 2019

Inspiring the next generation of Māori doctors

From Morning Report, 8:32 am on 21 May 2019

The number of Māori employed by DHBs must double in the next 15 years if it's going to meet the needs of the country's most vulnerable people.

Jared Smiler, a 5th year medicine student at Otago University working with student.

Photo: Supplied / Kia Ora Hauora

That was the impetus for a student-tour of Wellington Hospital's simulation unit, which sought to inspire the next generation of Māori doctors.

Te Aniwa Hurihanganui was there.