Tag: Pasifika health
Pasifika wāhine launching new Waikato Pan Pacific health hub
By Aden Miles Morunga, Local Democracy Reporter
“It’s exciting to know that I am involved in making history and that my contribution will leave a...
Covid-19 analyst calls for Māori and Pasifika priority or risk ‘brown...
By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter
A covid-19 Māori health analyst is calling on the New Zealand government to prioritise Māori and Pasifika children in...
Pasifika reach 90% vaccinated: ‘Keep going’ urges medical academic
RNZ Pacific
Pacific Island New Zealanders are now 90 percent fully vaccinated against covid-19, and a public health expert is urging them to keep up...
Covid-19 patient home isolation failing Māori, Pasifika, says Fa’anana
RNZ Pacific
An Auckland councillor says he is astounded by the lack of cultural awareness shown by the authorities towards Māori and Pacific communities this...
Dementia tsunami by 2050 ‘likely to hit Pasifika, Māori, Asian communities’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
The warning is stark -- New Zealand is on the verge of a “tsunami" of dementia cases...
NZ government unveals its ‘traffic light’ covid-19 protection framework
RNZ News
The New Zealand government has announced details of its Covid-19 Protection Framework, involving the roll-out of a "traffic-light" system once all district health...
Doctors rally on phone to help Pasifika families in isolation
RNZ Pacific
A group of doctors have hit the phones to support Pasifika families who have tested positive for covid-19 and been transferred into managed...
If NZ’s covid elimination strategy is abandoned now ‘more Māori and...
ANALYSIS: By Collin Tukuitonga, University of Auckland
Auckland’s move to alert level 3 has also triggered speculation about whether the national covid-19 elimination strategy has...
Vaccination clinics prioritising Māori ‘swamped by Pākehā’
LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter
The national strategy of vaccinating against covid-19 through general and mass events is not working for...
