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The New Zealand Health Strategy and the New
Zealand Disability Strategy
The New Zealand Health Strategy sets the direction of health services to improve the health of people and communities.
The strategy has two parts:
1. New Zealand Health Strategy: Future direction
2. New Zealand Health Strategy: Roadmap of actions
2016
‘New Zealand Health Strategy: Future direction’ outlines the high level direction for New Zealand’s health system over the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 and lays out some of the challenges and opportunities the system faces; describes the future we want, including the culture and values that will underpin this future; and identifies five strategic themes for the changes that will take us toward this future.
‘New Zealand Health Strategy: Roadmap of actions 2016’ identifies 27 areas for action over five years to make the strategy happen. The actions are organised under the five themes of the strategy. This roadmap will be updated over the 10-year lifetime of the strategy.
The health policy acknowledges the special relationship of the Crown (the government) and Māori and the importance of the Treaty of Waitangi principles in health.
New Zealand Health Strategy (2016) identifies groups of people for example, Māori whose health and wellness is poor compared to other groups in society and whose life expectancy and quality of life are lower than non Māori.
He Korowai Oranga: Māori Health Strategy
He Korowai Oranga builds on the work of the New Zealand Health Strategy (2016) and the New Zealand Disability Strategy (2016).It sets the scene for Māori health development in the health and disability sector. Its aim is to address the high levels of need among Māori through the achievement of whānau ora or healthy families. Whānau may include tamariki (children), kuia (female elder), koroua (male elder), pakeke (adult) or whoever the person or whānau believe is important in the health relationship.
For Māori, this strategy represents mana o te tangata (a protective cloak) that embraces, develops and nurtures the people physically and spiritually. The raranga (woven strands) contain whenu or aho. The whenu (or diverse peoples), includes all the people in the team who support the person such as the health professional, staff member, their community, whānau, iwi and hapū, the social worker and the budget advisor. The whenu are woven together with the resources to form the different parts of the korowai (the cloak). He Korowai Oranga aims to address the high levels of health need among Māori due to low life expectancy and the poor health experienced by Māori.
He Korowai Oranga states that health services should be based on the Treaty of Waitangi principles of partnership, protection and participation.
PSC FW - Māori Cultural Awareness Kete 1 | Published 2017
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