The Southern District Health Board is working on a plan to improve health outcomes for Māori living in Southland and Otago
Māori living in Southland and Otago are more than twice as likely to die of a preventable health condition than Pākehā.
While this data is from 2016, and may have improved slightly in the 2017-18 reporting period, the Southern District Health Board has called it “unjust, unfair and in breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi”.
During a board meeting on Tuesday, the DHB revealed what it plans to do to achieve better health outcomes for Māori.
The action plan includes the appointments to Māori-focused roles, developing more robust equity reporting, the establishment of a Māori Health Equity Strategy Group, and addressing underinvestment in Kaupapa Māori health services.
Read more here.
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Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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62.7% Summer
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35.9% Winter
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1.4% Other - I'll share below
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