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Te Aka Whai Ora (English: Māori Health Authority (MHA)) was an independent New Zealand government statutory entity tasked with managing Māori health policies, services, and outcomes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The agency was one of four national bodies that oversaw New Zealand's health system since 2022, along with the Ministry of Health , the Public Health ...
The hospital provides medical, surgical, paediatrics, obstetrics, gynaecology and mental health services. The hospital is home to a range of associated clinical support services and allied health as well, including rehabilitation, speech therapy, physiotherapy, stroke and cardiac support, district nursing and drug and alcohol programmes.
the remainder of core services became part of the Ministry of Social Policy. New Zealand Wildlife Service (a division of Internal Affairs) Solid Energy New Zealand Limited (Went into administration and assets sold in 2015) [11] Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority)
Whānau Ora (Māori for "healthy families") is a major contemporary indigenous health initiative in New Zealand, driven by Māori cultural values. Its core goal is to empower communities and extended families ( whānau ) to support families within the community context rather than individuals within an institutional context.
The 1990s also saw the separation of intellectual handicaps from mental health services, [22] and more attention was paid to Māori, who were over-represented in the mental health system. From 2012 on, the Health and Disability Commission has overseen the integration of New Zealand's response to mental health issues.
On 1 July 2022, Health New Zealand formally launched as Te Whatu Ora, with the new entity assuming responsibility for all hospitals and health services formerly run by the district health boards. In addition, the 12 public health units, which operated within the DHBs, and the former Health Promotion Agency were transferred into Te Whatu Ora.
The Counties Manukau District Health Board (CM Health) was a district health board which focused on providing healthcare to the Counties Manukau area in southern Auckland, New Zealand. As of 2016, it ws responsible for 534,750 residents; or 11% of New Zealand's population. [ 3 ]
Tokanui Hospital [1] was opened in July, 1912, and was closed in March 1998. The first patients travelled from another psychiatric hospital in Wellington by train. The hospital was self-sufficient in its early days, with its own farm, bakery, laundry, and even a sewing room where patients' clothes were made.