Jamie Tahana

Māori now make up half of all cases in the Delta outbreak, despite making up just 16 percent of the population.

And for two days in a row, there have been no new cases among Pākehā - something Māori… Audio

An urgent hearing of the Waitangi Tribunal into the government's response to Covid-19 will wrap up today. 

The case was brought by the Māori Council, which argues the vaccine rollout and rushed move… Audio

The Director-General of Health is in front of the Waitangi Tribunal today - where the urgent hearing into the Government's Covid-19 response continues.

Claimants so far have described the Government… Audio

Special government advisors have told the Waitangi Tribunal they don't know why ethnicity hasn't been a greater focus of the vaccine rollout.

Covid-19 modeller Shaun Hendy says his advice showed a… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has heard the government's design of the Covid vaccine rollout left Māori on the back foot from the start.

The Tribunal granted a special hearing into the Government's handling… Audio

The head of a South Auckland health service says she's seeing little evidence that lessons have been learned from deaths in home isolation.

Health officials have apologised after an independent… Audio

The vaccination rollout and the push towards 90 percent has in many ways highlighted this country's existing disparities.

It's being seen in our biggest cities, but also in some of our more remote… Video, Audio

The Bay of Plenty town Murupara has the country's lowest vaccination rates - less than half of the eligible population has had even one dose.

A local doctor, who rejects the Pfiizer vaccine, is… Video, Audio

Here's a tale of two communities when it comes to getting Māori vaccination rollouts right.  Audio

Whānau Ora providers have told the High Court that the Health Ministry's refusal to hand over the vaccination information of all Māori is inconsistent and a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.

But the… Video, Audio

The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency is arguing that the health ministry's refusal to share Māori vaccine information is inconsistent and a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.

The agency is trying to… Audio

Māori health experts are worried about the lack of a specific vaccination target for Māori in the reopening plan announced today.

Restrictions will ease once 90 percent of the population in each DHB… Audio

The Government's considering the next steps in its pandemic response, including replacing alert levels with a so-called traffic light system once vaccination rates a certain level.

But Māori leaders… Audio

Twenty-five years after the country's first MMP election, there are now more Māori in parliament than ever. 

Greater diversity and better representation for Māori was one of the promises of the… Audio

Māori health services in Auckland are planning to go door-to-door in their efforts to more people vaccinated against Covid-19. 

Covid-19 vaccination rates among Māori are only about two-thirds of… Audio