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Doctor, now author, Hinemoa Elder shares her Aroha

30 October 2020

Psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder has collated 52 whakataukī (proverbs) in a book called 'Aroha'. She says they reflect Māori wisdom that can help us live harmonious lives. In 2020, they could be just what the doctor ordered.
Reaching wāhine where they are: The push to improve Māori breast cancer care

29 October 2020

Opinion: MBChB student Emma Espiner talks to Dr Maxine Ronald, the only wahine Māori consultant breast cancer surgeon in the world, about inequities in breast cancer outcomes for Māori.
Ashlea Gillon: Using te reo Māori and whakataukī should only be the start

1 October 2020

Opinion: Māori PhD student Ashlea Gillon says when whakataukī (Māori proverbs) are used, they need to not only promote te reo Māori, but also ensure recognition of Māori values.
Dr Rhys Jones: 'We need to provoke discomfort to spark change in Māori health'

1 October 2020

Dr Rhys Jones’ passion for raising awareness of Māori health inequities is at the heart of his passion for teaching.
Why being a Pākehā doctor isn’t enough

29 September 2020

Opinion: Until she trained in public health, Dr Vanessa Selak saw no reason to challenge the prevailing view of many in the medical profession about why Māori suffer worse health outcomes.
Not all of us find our way home

28 September 2020

For many young people, studying abroad is the experience of a lifetime. But sometimes, as Seuta’afili Dr. Patrick Thomsen, lecturer in the School of Māori and Pacific Studies in the Faculty of Arts writes, it can also be desperately lonely and demoralising.
The racism behind NZ’s inaction in the Pacific

18 September 2020

Opinion: Dylan Asafo asks why the New Zealand Government is doing nothing in the face of major human rights and climate change crises in the Pacific Islands.
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.
Five enduring racist beliefs about health research

4 September 2020

Editorial calls out peer reviewers' 'incorrect and racist' positions on health research
University of Auckland lecturer is supreme winner of 2020 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards

1 September 2020

University of Auckland's Dr Rhys Jones, (Ngāti Kahungunu), Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, is the recipient of the Prime Minister’s Supreme Award in the 2020 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards.
Where are our hate speech laws?

28 August 2020

Opinion: More than a year after justice minister Andrew Little described New Zealand’s hate speech laws as ‘woefully inadequate’, nothing has come of the legislative reform that was promised, writes Dylan Asafo.
Covid-19: The ‘choices’ Māori and Pasifika don’t have

27 August 2020

Opinion: Dylan Asafo looks at the 'choices' Māori and Pasifika don't have during this pandemic, highlighting their current lack of human rights in New Zealand.

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