Āti Awa Toa Hauora Partnership Board Welcomes Opportunity To Work With Hauora Māori Advisory Committee
This follows a weekend announcement by Health Minister Simeon Brown on the Government's plans to amend the Pae Ora Act 2022.
'We support efforts to bring greater clarity and coordination across the system,' says Hikitia Ropata, Chair of the Āti Awa Toa Hauora Partnership Board. 'We see real value in building strong relationships between national bodies and local, whakapapa-based leadership.'
'As an Iwi-Māori Partnership Board, we bring the korowai of our iwi. Together we are grounded in our communities with lived experience, cross-sector relationships and local solutions that are essential to transforming the health system to truly serve all people who live here - those who whakapapa to us and those who call our rohe home.'
'We remain committed to working collaboratively to raise the voices of whānau and track how the health system is performing for Māori in our community.
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