Māori Health
As a Government agency committed to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, PHARMAC has developed a Māori Health Strategy to improve the way we respond to the health needs of Māori. The Strategy has six key aims, including improving Māori representation within PHARMAC, improving how PHARMAC responds to Māori health needs, and improving information on medicines for Māori.
The strategy was developed in consultation with Tangata Whenua at a series of hui in 2002, 2004 and 2005. PHARMAC reported back on progress and updated the strategy in 2005. You can read the Māori Responsiveness Strategy here (23 pages, 83 KB). Our report on the implementation of the Strategy is here (18 pages, 248 KB).
A significant programme currently being delivered is the He Rongoā Pai He Oranga Whānau (HRPHOW, Māori Staying Well with Medicines) programme. This programme aims to increase awareness and understanding of the appropriate use, storage and disposal of medicines. You can find out more about this programme 
here until the HRPHOW website is updated.
Te Whaioranga
PHARMAC's Māori Health Team (Te Whaioranga) works across the organisation to ensure the Māori Health Strategy is embedded in PHARMAC's work, and that the organisation is responsive to Māori. Te Whaioranga also convenes a Māori caucus that ensures a support framework for people working in Māori health across PHARMAC, its Board and advisory bodies such as the Consumer Advisory Committee and the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee.
See our Te Whaioranga Māori Responsiveness Strategy Action Plan (15 pages, 373 KB)
Te Ara Poutama
Pharmaceutical Management Agency reference book Te Ara Poutama (48 pages, 1324 KB)
Page updated on 02 Jun 2010
Linked documents
Maori Responsiveness Strategy - July 2002 (23 pages, 83 KB)
E nga rangatira o nga hau e wha, tena koutou katoa. Kei te mihi atu, kei te tangi atu. Kei te tangi atu ki nga mate o nga Marae maha o Aotearoa nei.…
Implementing the Maori Responsiveness Strategy - January 2006 (18 pages, 248 KB)
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 PHARMAC’s role in the health sector 1.2 PHARMAC’s Statutory Functions 1.3 PHARMAC’s Strategic Priorities 1.4 Organisational Strategies Chapter 2: PHARMAC’s Māori…
Te Whaioranga Maori Responsiveness Strategy Action Plan - November 2007 (15 pages, 373 KB)
2007-2012 November 2007 Te Whaioranga Pharmaceutical Management Agency Māori Responsiveness Strategy Action Plan “He hānore, he korōria he maungārongo ki te whenua, he whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa” Me mihi ki te hunga mate kua wehe ki te pō.…
Te Ara Poutama (48 pages, 1324 KB)
Pharmaceutical Management Agency Te Ara Poutama Reference book Acknowledgements He mihi maioha tēnei ki ngā kaiāwhina Ko ngā whaea me ngā mātua Koutou ko ngā kaiwhakaruruhau E whakapoipoi, e whāinga hoki Ngā tamariki mokopuna o tēnei ao I te matatauranga…
