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Diabetes poster

Diabetes was a significant cause of death among Māori and Pacific people in New Zealand in the early 21st century – especially men. Māori men's death rate from diabetes was five times higher than that of non-Māori men.

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David Pearson, Ethnic inequalities – Housing, health and justice, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/29610/diabetes-poster (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by David Pearson, published 24 February 2011.