31 May 2025

Urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the removal of the Maori

From Saturday Morning, 7:21 am on 31 May 2025
(From left) Janice Kuka and Jackie Davis of Ngā Mataapuna Oranga.

(From left) Janice Kuka and Jackie Davis of Ngā Mataapuna Oranga. Photo: Supplied / Janice Kuka

This week we've been tracking the urgent inquiry by the Waitangi Tribunal into the dis-establishment of Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority.

The claimants say it's clear the crown has no plan to replace it - in order to rectify the health inequities Maori face.

Janice Kuka is one of the lead claimants, she's Managing Director of Ngā Mataapuna Oranga, a kaupapa Māori primary health organisation in the Western Bay of Plenty, she talks to Susie.

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