Developing the Hauora Māori Strategy 2025

Overview

The Ministry, as chief steward of the health system, is responsible for the development and delivery of a new Hauora Māori Strategy under the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022. Manatū Hauora is therefore undertaking engagement to test and refine proposals for the Hauora Māori Strategy 2025.

Developing a new Hauora Māori Strategy is about charting the direction of travel for the health system over the next 5 to 10 years. After a lot of structural change in health, this strategy is about getting the basics right for people in real terms – addressing the burden of disease that Māori disproportionately experience. It’s about driving tangible change on the ground where the evidence says Māori health is most impacted and focusing effort and resources on Māori accessing the quality health care they need. It’s also about keeping things simple and consolidating a clear set of strategic priorities for Māori health into one strategy.   

The new Hauora Māori Strategy will provide a clear view of the government’s vision for Māori health and the Māori health outcomes it is striving to achieve. It also reinforces the Government’s expectations set out in the Government Policy Statement on Health 2024-2027 and clearly signals where the New Zealand Health Plan should focus action and investment priorities.

The development process is rapid, intended to build on the gains of past and current Māori health strategic priorities. For over two decades, He Korowai Oranga (2002 and 2014), Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan 2020-2025, and Pae Tū: Hauora Māori Strategy have built up the health system’s maturity to address the heath needs of Māori. The new strategy will replace Pae Tū, the interim strategy released as part of the broader suite of Pae Ora strategies in 2023.  
 

Consultation closes at midnight on Tuesday 22 October.

Why your views matter

Māori aspirations and voices have been a core factor in the development of hauora Māori strategies for decades. The Hauora Māori Strategy will consider years of insights from various engagements with whānau, hapū, iwi, and wider Māori communities. The vision, outcomes, and priorities of this strategy consider what we have heard across these engagements, and we want to make sure that they are still aligned with what matters to Māori.