The Southern District Health Board is working on a plan to improve health outcomes for Māori living in Southland and Otago
Māori living in Southland and Otago are more than twice as likely to die of a preventable health condition than Pākehā.
While this data is from 2016, and may have improved slightly in the 2017-18 reporting period, the Southern District Health Board has called it “unjust, unfair and in breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi”.
During a board meeting on Tuesday, the DHB revealed what it plans to do to achieve better health outcomes for Māori.
The action plan includes the appointments to Māori-focused roles, developing more robust equity reporting, the establishment of a Māori Health Equity Strategy Group, and addressing underinvestment in Kaupapa Māori health services.
Read more here.
Poll: Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
🎉 2026 is almost here!
We’re curious ... how do you welcome it?
Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?
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0% Yes! New Year, New Me
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0% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
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0% Nah - not for me
Poll: Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?
🎁 Holiday Gift Chat!
Do you ever regift?
What’s your take on asking for a receipt if a gift doesn’t fit?
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78.7% Yes! It's better to regift what I don't need
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21.3% No. It's the thought and effort that matters
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I dance in the sky with green and gold, a spectacle few are lucky to behold; I’m best seen in the south, a celestial sight—what am I, lighting up the New Zealand night?
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