Raced-Based Health: NZ Government Moves to Abolish Maori Health Authority

New Zealand government coalition’s ACT party has issued notice to abolish a separate health authority that was set up to meet the health needs of indigenous people. In the lead-up to the 2023 general election ACT campaigned to get rid of the Authority, with party leader David Seymour saying: “The Māori Health Authority experiment has been disastrous, and that’s why we will end it.” “The Māori Health Authority has sacked half its board, failed to hire critical skills because it’s too focused on hiring based on race, wasted half a billion dollars, failed to deliver better healthcare, and created resentment and division among New Zealanders,” he added....