Ki te whaiao, ki te ao Mārama
Statistics New Zealand’s Housing in Aotearoa 2020 report found, among other things, that
1 in 5 New Zealanders lived in a home that was always or often too cold in winter, but this
rose to around 2 in 5 Pacific peoples. Overall, the report found that ethnic inequalities are
apparent in housing, with both Māori and Pacific peoples experiencing poorer housing
outcomes, and higher rates of crowding and homelessness. See https://www.stats.govt.nz/
reports/housing-in-aotearoa-2020
Nicholas Steyn, Rachelle N Binny, Kate Hannah, Shaun C Hendy, Alex James, Audrey Lustig,
Kannan Ridings, Michael J Plank, Andrew Sporl, ‘Māori and Pacific people have a higher risk
of hospitalisation for COVID-19’, New Zealand Medical Journal, Vol 134 No 1538: 9 July 2021,
Accessed on 22 February 2022 at https://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal-articles/maori-andpacific-people-in-new-zealand-have-a-higher-risk-of-hospitalisation-for-covid-19-openaccess
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Jessie Whitehead, Kate C. Prickett and Polly Atatoa Carr, ‘The real challenge to COVID-19
vaccination isn’t hesitancy – it’s equal access for Māori and Pacific peoples’, 21 June 2021.
Accessed 1 March 2022 at https://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-opinion/media/2021/the-realchallenge-to-covid-19-vaccination-rates-isnt-hesitancy-its-equal-access-for-maori-andpacific-people
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Waitangi Tribunal, Haumaru: the COVID-19 priority report. Accessed at: https://www.
waitangitribunal.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Covid-Priority-W.pdf
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Ministry of Health, ‘COVID-19: Current cases.’ Data correct as at 9 May 2022. Accessed at
https://www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid19-trends-and-insights Further data about Māori and Pacific peoples is available here: https://
www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-dataabout-maori-and-pacific-peoples
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Ministry of Health, ‘COVID-19: Current cases.’ Data correct as at 9 May 2022. Accessed at
https://www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19vaccine-data#ethnicity
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Jessie Whitehead, Kate C. Prickett and Polly Atatoa Carr, ‘The real challenge to COVID-19
vaccination isn’t hesitancy – it’s equal access for Māori and Pacific peoples’, 21 June 2021.
Accessed 1 March 2022 at https://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-opinion/media/2021/the-realchallenge-to-covid-19-vaccination-rates-isnt-hesitancy-its-equal-access-for-maori-andpacific-people
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Kate Hannah, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Kayli Taylor, ‘Working Paper: Mis- and Disinformation in
Aotearoa New Zealand from 17 August to 5 November 2021’, The Disinformation Project at Te
Pūnaha Matatini at Auckland University. Accessed on 22 February 2022 at https://cpb-ap-se2.
wpmucdn.com/blogs.auckland.ac.nz/dist/d/75/files/2017/01/working-paper-disinformation.
pdf
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See ‘Building and Invoking Social Norms’, in ‘Anti-racism initiatives’, part of the University of
Western Sydney’s Challenging Racism project. Accessible at: https://www.westernsydney.edu.
au/challengingracism/challenging_racism_project/anti-racism_initiatives
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The Pou were developed by the expert Tangata Whenua Caucus and provided to the
Commission on 27 July 2021.
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