1 Jul 2019

Māori-controlled, funded health system needed - claimants

From Morning Report, 8:50 am on 1 July 2019

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown has breached the Treaty by failing to give Māori control over a primary health system that works for them.

The Tribunal says Māori health funding is poorly targeted, barely monitored and not enough.

The claimants want a new national agency which would have the funding and control for a health system that's by Māori and for Māori.

The National Hauora Coalition is a primary health organisation and one of the claimants.

Its chief executive Simon Royal told RNZ reporter Meriana Johnsen a starting point is better funding for existing services.