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Donor nursed back to health by scholarship recipient he supports
15 September 2020
Being cared for by a nurse he supports philanthropically was a pleasant surprise for Tim Donaldson.
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Inequity is not a bug in the system—it’s a feature
15 September 2020
Opinion: The decision by the Ministry of Health not to drop the age for bowel cancer screening for Māori and Pacific people flies in the face of expert advice. And it means the programme is racist by design, writes Dr Rhys Jones.
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Bridging the gap with someone who’s been pulled in by disinformation
15 September 2020
Opinion: Don’t approach the task as a battle to be won, but as a conversation to get to the underlying reasons why someone might have been susceptible to the false information in the first place, writes Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles.
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Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori
14 September 2020
Opinion: To mark Māori Language Week, MBChB student Emma Espiner reflects on the importance of her daughter belonging in her reo, in te ao Māori.
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Vaccine trial halted - what does it mean?
10 September 2020
Opinion: Dr Helen Petousis-Harris explains why the pause button has been hit on a late-stage Covid-19 vaccine trial, and why it's an appropriate and safe response.
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Now let’s flatten the infodemic curve
8 September 2020
Opinion: It’s likely you’re being exposed to masses of Covid information on a daily basis, and not all of it will be reliable. Here are some tips from Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles for telling the difference, and stopping the spread.
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Retirement village life: lonely for some
8 September 2020
Opinion: Living in a retirement village does not guarantee protection from loneliness. A study has revealed 39 percent of residents report some level of loneliness.
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'Everyone is irritable': Covid-19 at the doctor's practice
4 September 2020
At the community health frontline, GP practice staff are battle-weary and see increasing Covid complacency.
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Plan B: Healthy debate essential for good public policy
4 September 2020
Opinion: Ananish Chaudhuri and Simon Thornley put forward the case for Covid "Plan B” and suggest a change of approach to managing future outbreaks.
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Why a Plan B when Plan A is working so well?
4 September 2020
Opinion: Mark Thomas puts the case for sticking to Covid “Plan A”. It has been a successful approach so far and we don’t need to change the strategy, he writes.
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Five enduring racist beliefs about health research
4 September 2020
Editorial calls out peer reviewers' 'incorrect and racist' positions on health research
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Cluster spotlights need for more Pacific medics
2 September 2020
Opinion: The Auckland Covid-19 cluster has highlighted the "unacceptable" representation of Pasifika and Māori health workers in our system, writes Collin Tukuitonga.
