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Kōrero: Pacific Island health

Pacific heart disease

Video file

In this clip Dr Api Talemaitoga (Chief Advisor, Pacific Health) explains how heart disease has become the main cause of death within Pacific communities.

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Colin Tukuitonga, Pacific Island health – Diseases and disabilities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/27754/pacific-heart-disease (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Colin Tukuitonga, i tāngia i te 17 February 2011, updated 9 January 2019.