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Issue #16 - Week ending 25/09/25

A weekly report from the Āti Awa Toa Hauora Partnership Board, sharing links to updates, news and announcements related to Hauora Māori. 

1. Te Mātuku Launches Four-Part Whānau Voice Report Series (PR Scoop) More here 
2. Introducing the Hauora Māori Equity Toolkit for Specialist Healthcare Services (HMET-SHS) (Nat Library of Medicine website) More here  
3. Social Investment Agency: Deadline Approaching: Pathway Two Contract Consolidation Applications Close 13 October 2025 (SIA website) More here 
4. Hauora Māori Advisory Committee periodically released monitoring reports on Māori health priorities 1, 2 and 7, providing insights into system performance and population health trends (MOH website) More here 
5. ‘Streamlining’ plan would reduce IMPBs to advisory voices: Te Tauraki chair (NZ Doctor Rata Aotearoa *Paywall) More here  
6. Glen Tupuhi appointed to Te Tiratū role (NBR) More here 
7. National Iwi Chairs Forum and Council of Trade Unions announce day of solidarity (RNZ) More here  
8. Pae Ora Act Amendments and Māori Healthcare (Scoop PR Ian Powell) More here 
9. Rangatahi Māori Mental Health In Rural Waikato Is In Crisis Failing To Meet Government Targets (Scoop PR Te Tiratū) More here 
10. NZNO calls for stronger support to retain Māori nurses (Te Ao Whakaata Māori) more here 
11. Groups endorsed a Māori Health Authority because it would honour te Tiriti (Scimex website) More here 
12. Iwi and Māori providers struggling to retain nurses (NZ Doctor Rata Aotearoa) More here 
13. From a ban on greyhound racing to dismantling the Māori Health Authority, this government's hallmark is fast becoming its speed of lawmaking (RNZ) More here 
14. Māori wards: History never repeats (NZ Doctor Rata Aotearoa *Paywall) More here 
15. Isn’t it time we forced junk food advertisers to back off targeting our tamariki and rangatahi (e-Tangata) More here 
16. Kaupapa Māori CrossFit Mātātoa brings whānau together through fitness, te reo (Waikato Times) More here 
17. Free kaupapa Māori health clinic in Central Hawke’s Bay stretched as families delay vital care (Hawkes Bay Today) More here 

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