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Māori health: iwi health organisation

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Māori health: iwi health organisation

Māori health providers and culturally specific health programmes emerged in the 1980s. Te Tohu o te Ora o Ngati Awa, an iwi-based health and social services provider in Eastern Bay of Plenty, was established in 1989. In the early 2000s Enid Leighton was the organisation's general manager.

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Kerryn Pollock, Public health – Social and ethnic inequalities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31385/maori-health-iwi-health-organisation (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 18 April 2011, reviewed and revised 7 July 2019 with assistance from Richard Edwards.