Throughout the whānau kōrero engagement, it became clear that whānau do not wish to be passive recipients of our health care system, but active agents. Here are our voices.
Why can’t there be a card system? It’d have everyone’s details on there and so you wouldn’t have to go over it again and again
Wahine
We definitely need more doctors up here
Tane
Māori outcomes aren’t getting better. They’re getting worse. Why is that
Tane, Kaumātua, 71
Also, we need to pay them enough, so nurses and doctors want to come up and work here”.
Wahine
I want to see more kaupapa Māori services, more Māori doctors, more Māori nurses. I want to be able to access rongoā Māori from my GP
Wahine, Kuia, 64
I’d like to be able to ring up and get a prescription instead of traveling in
Wahine
I’ve come back from Australia to look after my brother. He’s struggling to get into a doctor in Kaitaia. I ended up taking him to Auckland. The system…
Wahine
My father just got diagnosed with a rare condition. He’s been like this for years and we didn’t know. Too late now
Wahine
The GP in town hung up on me and won’t return my calls
Wahine
