Our voices

In this video Marion and her husband Graham talk about their experience after Marion was prescribed anticoagulants, when she was admitted to hospital for replacement of two values in her heart.

Russ is a consumer representative on the Te Tāhū Hauora safer use of anticoagulants project. In this video he shares his experience of taking anticoagulants, in the hopes it might help others who find out they need to take them.

Susanne Cummings is a senior peer support worker at Vaka Tautua. She explains what it was like working in a co-design project with Te Ara Pae Trust.

Susanne Cummings is a senior peer support worker at Vaka Tautua. She explains what co-design is in 30 seconds.

Members of the consumer health forum Aotearoa describe what equity means to them in their own words.

Members of the consumer health forum Aotearoa share why the community voice is important.

Members of the consumer health forum Aotearoa describe how their lived experience can inform improvements to health services.

Members of the consumer health forum Aotearoa describe how they feel about the forum in just two words.

On 10 November 2022, people gathered from across the country for a hui in Wellington. Members of the consumer health forum Aotearoa share their perspectives and experiences of health care.

A forum for consumers and whānau to have a voice at every level of the health system. Your voices. Your health. Join the consumer health forum Aotearoa.

A forum for consumers and whānau to have a voice at every level of the health system.

Penina has been a lead maternity care midwife for over 20 years. She says when a Pacific person comes to her, they expect she will understand how to best care for them without them having to spell it out.

In this video Kolini Baker tells the story of her journey with mental ill health and her transition from acute care to community care.

Tracey shares her experiences of living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a group of disorders that affect connective tissue, and how it has impacted her life.

Nicola Peeperkoorn explores her family’s experience of the mental health and addiction event review process.

This video, part of a series, is of Māori whānau telling their stories about engaging with health care services.

It is important for health consumers and patients to be involved at the governance level so they can have input into setting strategy and determining the focus of services.

Three learning and education modules about understanding bias in health care, developed for Wiki Haumaru Tūroro | Patient Safety Week 2019.

When Olivia and Karen found a midwife who specialised in supporting rainbow families they said, ‘Sign us up’. The two mothers share the importance of inclusive language and of both parents being included in the whole pregnancy and birth experience.

Consumers involved in Hutt Union & Community Health Services’ Whakakotahi quality improvement project talk about their experience and the Toiora exercise programme they developed.

Petala was anxious when she found out she was pregnant. She wanted a Pacific Island midwife as she says coming from a Samoan family she thrives on community. Petala talks about the need for education around pregnancy and sex in the Pacific community.

Alwena was diagnosed with stage 4 peritoneal cancer. In this video, her husband Jim (a health care professional) shares the story of Alwena's diagnosis and their whānau's experience within the health system.