   What steps is the government taking to ensure all aspects of the right to education are adequately protected in any new Education Act and corresponding regulations? Does the government plan to make any statutory amendments to codify an enforceable right to an inclusive education? Can the government update the committee on the educational outcomes of those children who are materially deprived, disaggregated by gender, ethnicity and family status? D. Health 63. As a group, Māori have poorer health outcomes than non-Māori for many indicators: 64.  the life expectancy gap between Māori and non-Māori has been steadily narrowing. The difference in life expectancy for Māori males and non-Māori males has dropped from around 13 years in 1950 -1952 to around 7 years today. In 2013, life expectancy at birth was 73.0 years for Māori males (still 7years) and 77.1 years for Māori females; it was 80.3 years for non-Māori males and 83.9 years for non-Māori females;45  Māori have higher rates than non-Māori for many health conditions and chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and asthma; 46  Māori experience higher disability rates;47 and  Māori adults and children are also more likely than their non-Māori counterparts to have unmet health needs. 48 In this regard, barriers continue to exist in relation to cost, childcare availability and transport. Pacific people also continue to experience poorer health outcomes than other groups:   life expectancy is more than four years less than for the total population – 73.9 years for Pacific men and 78.9 years for Pacific women; pacific children are nearly 50 times more likely as European children to be admitted to hospital with acute rheumatic fever; NZ Social Indicators – health: http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/snapshots-of-nz/nz-socialindicators/Home/Health.aspx 45 Ministry of Health, (2015). Tatau Kahukura: Māori Health Chart Book 2015 (3rd edition). Wellington: Ministry of Health. http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/tatau-kahukura-Māori-health-chart-book-2015-3rdedition 46 47 Ibid. Ministry of Health, (2015). Tatau Kahukura: Māori Health Chart Book 2015 (3rd edition). Wellington: Ministry of Health. http://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/populations/Māori-health/tatau-kahukura-Māorihealth-statistics/nga-ratonga-hauora-kua-mahia-health-service-use/primary-health-care 48 17