July 01, 2024
Māori health authority put on ice
Two years after launching at Waitangi, Te Aka Whai Ora board members and senior executives returned yesterday for a small ceremony to mark the end of the Māori Health Authority.
Former associate health minister Peeni Henare says its chair Tipa Mahuta and founding chief executive Riana Manuel thanked all those who believed in the dream and worked hard for it.
He believes the idea still has merit.
“We look after our seed and hope to plant it again in future so a big thank you to all the kaimahi and I know they will continue to be champions for Maori health and health inequities acriss the country as they go back to the mothership they call it, Te Whatu Ora,” Mr Henare says.
Many staff have also gone back to the community health sector.