BUDGET 2025: Te Tiratū Iwi Māori Partnership Board: Uncompromising call to Govt on Budget 2025
The Te Tiratū Iwi Māori Partnership Board, the statutory voice for 114,000 whānau Māori across the central North Island, is issuing an uncompromising call to the Government: make Budget 2025 a decisive turning point so the health system is timely and accessible.
National immunisations up as Māori rate treads water
An uptick in overall immunisation rates for infants and young children is to be welcomed, but rates for tamariki Māori continue to lag, says Mataroria Lyndon.
The University of Auckland senior lecturer and member of Te Tiratū iwi Māori partnership board says it is important to recognise progress has been made, “but that does not necessarily reflect the reality for Māori and inequity”.
Data showing alarmingly low immunisation rates, delays, costs still undermining Māori Health
Te Tiratū Iwi Māori Partnership Board April Whānau Voice Report mirrored by Te Whatu Ora data has evidenced immunisation rates 33% lower than the national average, widespread inequities, long wait times, and unaffordable care still plaguing whānau Māori in its Tainui waka rohe.
Iwi Māori partnership boards forging forward
Te Tiratū iwi Māori partnership board
Friday 28 February 2025, 04:26 PM
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The largest IMPB collective Te Manawa Taki Iwi-Māori Partnership Board came together on Friday for a pivotal regional hui hosted by Te Tiratū IMPB that represents a Māori population of 114,990, making it the largest of the six boards.
“Our focus is very intentional to ensure efficacy,” said Te Tiratū IMPB co-chair Hagen Tautari. “We amplify Whānau Voice, so local whānau priorities are genuinely heard, seen and valued in health service design and delivery.”