Source: Waikato District Health Board – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: Iwi Māori Council
On September 27, 2017 the The Waikato DHB Board and has a governance relationship with the local iwi through its Iwi Māori Council signed their revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The significance in the signing of this document is the recognition of the special relationship between the Waikato DHB and Iwi.
The Iwi Māori Council has since 2000, worked together with the DHB engaging on and for Māori Health.
Iwi members to the Council are: Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui, Raukawa and Hauraki from Tainui Waka and are joined by Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Whānganui, and Māta Waka (Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa). Our Kaunihera Kaumātua Chair joins the Council and brings also Tikanga guidance.
The number one priority of the Waikato DHB in its Strategy is Radical Improvement of Māori Health by eliminating health inequities for Māori .
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