Māori health links

Links to related Māori health websites.

Māori health research

Tōmaiora Māori Health Research Centre

Tōmaiora Māori Health Research Unit was established in 1998. The unit is located within the Department of Māori and Pacific Health at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Auckland University. Tōmaiora undertakes research projects which are relevant to the health and well-being of tamariki, rangatahi and their whānau.

Māori health and disability organisations

Te Ohu Rata ō Aotearoa

Te ORA is the national professional association of Māori medical practitioners which represents both doctors and medical students.

Tae Ora Tinana

Tae Ora Tinana is the Maori partner of Physiotherapy New Zealand, and represents Maori physiotherapists, physiotherapy students and assistants.

Te Ao Marama

This is a national oral health association made up of members who work as dental specialists, dentists, dental therapists, hygienists, oral health researchers, oral health educators, oral health promoters and community workers (including Tamariki Ora).

Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa

The purpose of this association is to provide an organisation for Māori pharmacists and to advance the health of Māori.

Workforce development organisations

Te Rau Ora

Te Rau Ora supports Māori mental health workforce development to enhance whānau ora, health and wellbeing.

International and indigenous sites

Health Infonet

Its mission is to contribute to improving the health of Australia’s indigenous people by making relevant, high quality information easily accessible They undertake research, disseminate relevant information, facilitate information exchange and provide Internet and related training Internet site development. Also listed, and noted here as an important perspective, is what they link to for New Zealand Māori health information.

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