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Introduction
Healthcare systems, together with the government of New Zealand, resolved into
eliminating racism as well as protect and promote indigenous people’s rights by adopting
international rights treaties. Likewise, the government of New Zealand made prior
commitments and obligations to Maori by confirming their rights to citizenship and
sovereignty. According to Māori Health Policy (2018), these rights include access to equal
healthcare services among Maori and non-Maori citizens in New Zealand as well as
improving their health and wellbeing. Additionally, based on the Ministry of health found in
New Zealand, the government together with healthcare systems aims at mobilizing public
health practitioners to address global public health challenges effectively (Ministry of Health,
2014). This essay aims at discussing the Maori healthiness plan, which addresses “He
Korowai Oranga.” The article will also address the pathways of implementation of Maori
health strategy and directions Maori aspirations and contributions.
Maori health strategy
According to a previous history publication of the Maori health strategy that took
place in the year 2002 which according to Came (2012), it was read as an extension to the
New Zealand Health Strategy and the New Zealand Disability Strategy. As developed by
Ahuriri-Driscoll (2016), this was not only relevant to the Maori community but was related to
the rest of New Zealanders as well. Currently, the MHS aims at affirming Maori methods
mainly through offering support to Māori-led inventiveness which improves the entire health
and wellbeing of whānau, hapū as well as iwi communities (Came, 2012). According to
research conducted by Ahuriri-Driscoll (2016), the plan also aims at improving the outcomes
of Maori by improving healthcare services primarily for the Maori community. The Maori
health strategy places more emphasis on three key threads that include reducing inequalities

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when it comes to accessing better healthcare services, building on the gains as well as
on rangātiratanga. Additionally, according to previous research such as Ahuriri-Driscoll
(2016) and Pohatu (2015), the strategy also encourages the improvement of whānau, hapū,
iwi and Māori populations and participation of the Maori communities in health and disability
sector. Additionally, the MHS assumes the responsibility of setting guidelines for the District
Health Boards within the healthcare systems which encourages Maori to create their
aspirations as well as priorities when it comes to health to ensure that healthcare providers
deliver appropriate healthcare services. It is important to note that the Maori health strategy
aims at promoting the participation of operational partnerships among the Maori population
and New Zealand’s healthcare providers.
Recent researchers such as Ahuriri-Driscoll (2016) developed that the Maori health
advancement sanctions Maori communities to affirm their self-sufficiency which later
enables them to build up their individual identities as a means to develop their generally
health as well as wellbeing. Therefore, through the Maori health promotion models
implemented by the Maori health strategy, it is evident that there are several and different
elements necessary when it comes to empowering a person’s ability with the combined power
of being born. Therefore the philosophies and ideologies of healthcare advancement imitate
concepts from developmental as well as social sciences as they simultaneously recognize that
resolutions lie at all levels including the individual, public, the general public and strategy
(Ministry of Health, 2014). In this case, perspectives of Maori and non-Maori communities,
as developed by Ahuriri-Driscoll (2016) are similar since all levels have been put under
consideration.
However, despite the different efforts made by the Maori health strategy to reduce
inequalities and promotion of improved healthcare services, researchers such as Pohatu
(2015) provided evidence that suggests Mori communities continuously receive poor

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healthcare services due to inadequate healthcare services in most healthcare systems.
Additionally, several research indicates that people from the Maori community have are at
increased risk of suffering from chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and
respiratory diseases compared to non-Maori counterparts. Ministry of Health (2014)
suggested that the MinistryMinistry of health, together with healthcare systems in New
Zealand, should incorporate health services. Also, they pivot throughout the Maori’s ethos
and its all-inclusive method towards health wellbeing. However, unresolved healthcare
issues, especially among the Maori community, has led to the introduction of reviewed and
improved form of the same (Health Boards Māori Health Policy, 2018).
The treaty of Waitangi
The treaty is considered as one of the authentic documents used by the people of New
Zealand. It shows their agreements and originality. Its name comes from the region that it
was signed which is the Bay of Islands. The signing is currently used as a public holiday in
commemoration of the agreement which was between the English of the British Crown and
the Maori people chiefs. It was signed due to the heightened levels of the migrants from
Britain who were settling in New Zealand. The treaty was signed with the expectation that the
Maori will get a non-interference agreement from the British migrants to be able to manage
their affairs privately (Ahuriri-Driscoll, 2016). However, the British translated the treaty and
altered the English version, thus giving them control of the Maori property, land, and
treasures.
Direction and pathways of its implementation of Maori health strategy
According to the Ministry of Health (2014), the MHS utilized several channels to
achieve the valid promotion of improved healthcare services and reduced inequalities,
especially among Maori communities. The first pathways enhance the development
of Whanau, iwi, and Mauri communities. According to research conducted by Pitama, Huria,