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Public Health Association supports Māori Health Authority

The Public Health Association of New Zealand wants the Ministry of Health to act on the recommendations of the health and disability review.

Part of that review was a recommendation to create a Māori health authority.

Māori policy advisor Leah Bain affirmed the association’s support for that.

The association also wants a Māori counterpart to Director-General Dr Ashley Bloomfield. This would mean that the director-general for Māori health would be an equal, not a deputy.

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