AIMS To examine ethnic and gender variations in the use of coronary artery revascularisation procedures in New Zealand and to determine whether the introduction of priority scores affected intervention trends. METHODS Analysis of the National Minimum Database for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) intervention rates for New Zealand Pa...

The problems of health and disease in the Maori and European people of New Zealand offer many opportunities for study of diseases by modern epidemiological methods. The emergence of the Maori people of New Zealand as a particularly high-risk group in terms of a variety of related metabolic disturbances has only recently been appreciated. Obesity, diabetes, hyperuricaemia, clinical gout, and cor...

NZ is considered a bicultural society; Maori make up approx 15% of the population (NZ census 2013). Maori have strong cultural traditions and beliefs around food, with food not only determining physical health but also emotional, psychological and spiritual wellness (HRC report). Food is also strongly linked to customs and cultural values. The implications and understanding of eating disorders ...

ISSUE ADDRESSED Indigenous populations have disparities in health along with disparities in modifiable risk factors, including low participation in physical activity. Given the importance of physical activity in moderating ill health, do all indigenous peoples exhibit low activity prevalence in concert with ill health? If an indigenous population is relatively active, what can be learned about ...

BACKGROUND Clozapine is the most effective drug for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but its use is limited by toxicity. Because ethnicity has been reported to affect clozapine metabolism, we compared its steady state pharmacokinetics in New Zealand Maori and European patients. METHODS Clozapine and norclozapine steady state bioavailability was assessed over 24h under fasting and fed condit...

BACKGROUND Research into teacher expectations has shown that these have an effect on student achievement. Some researchers have explored the impact of various student characteristics on teachers' expectations. One attribute of interest is ethnicity. AIMS This study aimed to explore differences in teachers' expectations and judgments of student reading performance for Maori, Pacific Island, As...

New Zealand has perhaps been the most interesting social laboratory of the "white" Dominions-those settlements where European colonists quickly outnumbered the indigenous peoples. For a time from 1938 until the "great dismantling" of the 1980s, New Zealand possessed the most comprehensive welfare state in the Anglophone world. It boasted the world's lowest (white) infant and maternal mortality ...