Greater health sector focus is needed to promote culturally appropriate food practices for older Māori- a move that may lead to less hospitalisations and lower mortality rates.
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Housing Minister supports UN call for housing strategy
Housing Minister Phil Twyford is supporting the United Nations' call for the government to create a national housing strategy to increase the availability of quality affordable housing to low income, Māori and Pasifika families.
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Salvation Army report gives voice to low-income communities
The Salvation Army's first State of Our Communities report released today shows some of New Zealand's lowest income suburban communities feel "forgotten" when it comes to the most difficult social issues.
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New study reignites calls to ban smoking in cars
One in five Year 10 students, particularly Māori and Pacific, continue to be exposed to smoking in cars according to a report by University of Otago. Researchers say it contradicts Government claims that current initiatives are sufficient to protect children from the dangers of second-hand smoke.
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NewsMuaūpoko Priority Report upholds claims that Crown breached Treaty
The Waitangi Tribunal today released its Horowhenua: the Muaūpoko Priority Report, in which it upheld a number of claims that the Crown breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. The report concerns 30 claims relating to Muaūpoko, an iwi of the lower North Island.
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Report reveals NZ native birds in a desperate situation
A new report released today says New Zealand's wild birds are in a desperate situation and the country must act quickly to find a solution. The report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment aims to shine a light on New Zealand's native birds.
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NewsIPCA finds police didn't respond urgently enough to 111 calls
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police didn’t respond urgently enough to 111 calls made by a woman in Omapere in 2015 who was eventually stabbed by her mentally ill son.
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NewsUrgent action needed to reduce impact of asthma on Māori and Pacific Island children- Expert
One of New Zealand's leading asthma experts says urgent action is needed to reduce the impact of asthma on Māori and Pacific Island communities.
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Māori approach brings better outcomes than Seclusion and restraint methods
The "Thinking Outside the Box" report released today by the Human Rights Commission outlines a number of serious concerns around seclusion and restraint practices in New Zealand. But a mental health services expert says Māori approaches could offer cultural specific preventions to avoid using these methods.
