The debate over Māori and Pacific pathways into medical school is ultimately a debate about who becomes a doctor, where they choose to practise and whether Aotearoa can build a health workforce capable of addressing generations of inequity, according to senior Māori health academic and clinician Dr Matthew Wheeler. Wheeler has emerged as an important…

Te Pāti Māori President John Tamihere joins Waatea as Election 2026 enters a crucial phase, with the party campaigning on a major redistribution of the tax burden, a stronger constitutional role for Te Tiriti o Waitangi and a strategy aimed at maximising Māori representation in the next Parliament. The contest is becoming increasingly stark. Te…