The Covid-19 outbreak in Aotearoa/New Zealand is a timely reminder of the chronic inequities health and importance socioeconomic factors origins disease. pandemic has affected mainly indigenous Maori Pacific people. There were 5,371 confirmed probable cases as at 13 November 2021, which 2,104 (39%) 1,646 (31%) Furthermore, 228 (70%) all hospital admissions people

The snowcapped Southern Alps formed the magnificent backdrop to the 2006 annual conference of the International Continence Society in Christchurch, on the south island of New Zealand. A welcome reception at the town hall included an age-old Maori ritual welcoming ceremony: the Powhiri, with the traditional hongi (pressing of noses) as a formal salutation, while haunting birdcalls echoed around ...