“I’ve become a doctor in my 50s, which is all well and good, but I should have been a doctor 30 years ago. And the only reason I wasn’t was because of all these barriers that have been put in front of me.” — Dr Timoti Te Moke. #nzpol

"People from wealthy homes don’t see those barriers because they’ve never had to overcome them. So when they see Māori getting into medicine, they say it’s because we’re Māori, and we got a free ride. But we’re not getting free rides. We’re just taking away those barriers. That’s it."

Fuck you, “Jeffrey”. (And also you Meta.) Thanks for your help @dylanreeve.com

Champion Black Fern and Champion campaigner for age extension of the Maori bowel cancer screening givealittle.co.nz/cause/pack-d...

In today’s NZ Herald #nzpol

Depends a bit on what you want to compare against and over what time period. If NZ had experienced the same excess death rate as the US or UK for 2020-23, we would have had (ball park) 15,000 more deaths than we did.

In the first months of Covid the average NZers biggest worry was waiting in a queue for the supermarket and missing take aways - they had these issues overseas too they just also have overflowing temporary morgues

I got to catch up with some inspirational colleagues Dr Myra Ruka, @carltonirving.bsky.social , @glaking.bsky.social And meet up with the next generation of Maori physicians Awesome Awesomeness @theracp.bsky.social

Erica Stanford, Minister of Education, protecting Pakeha from being confused by Maori words. . . www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

"In a memo to then Health Minister Shane Reti in September last year, Treasury recommended that Auckland and Otago Medical Schools be asked to present a counter-factual argument to the Waikato proposal. However, it appears that no such invitation was made."

Another life, another whānau

It doesn't need to be this way. The Ministry of Health agreed to roll out Bowel Cancer screening for Maori from age 50, and then the funding was pulled back "repurposed", costing Maori lives. www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...

Gold from the OG

Tame Iti. I'm here to read the roll. . The Maori Roll Call. Genius performance. Performance art. youtu.be/PeT_SLYJkV4?... 🏳🏴🚩

Thank you for sharing these matua. They are good and hard to watch at the same time and so interesting.

Did you watch Crown closing? Admits no alternative plan, tribunal must judge system based on disestablishment act and last year's reforms. How many papers submitted claiming it existed? All bullshit. Judge Stone looked a bit stunned.

My notes and introductory remarks at the Waitangi Tribunal urgent hearing into the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora open.substack.com/pub/rawiri/p...

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Worth some time if you got it.

Hey Bluesky Here are the links. I'll be witness about 1215hrs. Maybe join early in case I get started early. . lunchtime viewing. . Share Te Aka Whai Ora (Maaori Health Authority) Priority Inquiry hearing of the Health Services and Outcomes (Wai 2575) Day 2: youtube.com/live/HxPco4k...

livestream links below for Te Aka Whai Ora (Maaori Health Authority) Priority Inquiry hearing of the Health Services & Outcomes (Wai 2575) Kaupapa Inquiry, taking place on Monday 26 May – Friday 30 May 2025 held via AVL. Proceedings will begin at 9 am on Monday, Day 1: youtube.com/live/XYw2kcJ...

Final stack for this evening. Hijinks and Crown seeks leave to WITHDRAW their Brief of evidence. Unprecedented substack.com/profile/1272... Please read Please restack Livestream starts tomorrow

Hey hey Bluesky. The next part if the story. The Tribunal issued the report Hauora, and from 2019 thru to 2021 the work to establish Te Aka Whai Ora. . . substack.com/profile/1272... Please read Please share Livestream later this week. Next chapter is #Hijinks

Hey Bluesky. I've written a triptych post on the Waitangi Tribunal urgent hearing this week on disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora substack.com/profile/1272... Please read Please share

Korero with Dale - video version from 17minute. www.facebook.com/share/v/1VGC...

A korero with Dale Husband, on Radio Waatea waateanews.com/2025/05/19/r...

One thousand strong! More Maori doctors! Keep going, only 5.1% of doctors registered are Maori. . . Keep going. www.mcnz.org.nz/about-us/our...

If you haven’t done so already, join more than 50,000 people and sign the pay equity petition www.together.org.nz/fbt_for_pay_...

I definitely think Nicola Willis should keep explaining her way out of this, that will absolutely help

"No woman has had her pay cut", says Willis. That's because despite the years and years many of them have spent on their claims they have now been thrown out before they could achieve pay equity, you gaslighting traitor #NZPol

Happy International nurses day Support pay equity That's it That's the post Support nurses

PS: if you think you might have been a 'close contact' call Healthline on 0800 611 116 urgently. Don't wait for public health folks to contact you, there's no way they will be able to track everyone in that supermarket in a 2hr period or on all those ferry sailings info.health.nz/conditions-t...

Absolutely appalling. . . AND predictable *Plunket is founded by a white supremacist racist eugenicist. We need to tell the truth about the past. We need to change our future. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Tusiata is awesome open.substack.com/pub/tusiata/...

Wondering what politicians who don’t think abortion is healthcare think it is. Actually don’t answer that.

it's not over, the mahi goes on And Bowel Cancer Screening for Maori must start from age 50. Really appreciate the support from Dr Graham Denyer at Tend

and we need to talk about racism and then we need to be anti-racist

Equity will not happen by accident We need programmes of action #CollaborativeAotearoa

speaking about the Disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora today at Ngā Hononga Ora conference for #CollaborativeAoteroa

WATCH This Dr. call out the GOP: "You are telling me that a single cell has the same rights as my children at home?" Listen. Learn. Respect knowledge. Respect science.

Bloody hell. So they don't have time to process submissions but can bring the reporting forward by a month coz 'job done'.