Ngā Pou Arawhenua

Ngā Pou Arawhenua is a caucus comprising Māori who are participating in the Commission’s national mortality review work as members of  National Mortality Review Committee He Mutunga Kore or as subject matter experts. Many were members of previous mortality review committees before 1 July 2023.  

The caucus supports and provides mentoring for Māori by nurturing their voice and wairua as Māori. 

The group also supports National Mortality Review Committee He Mutunga Kore to achieve health gains for Māori by strengthening work to advance Māori health and achieve equity and to increase and improve the application of te ao Māori in mortality review. 

Te Pou – Māori responsive rubric and guidelines is used to support this kaupapa. Te Pou is a tool to assist with the interpretation and reporting of Māori mortality. 

List of National Mortality Review Committee He Mutunga Kore members and list of subject matter experts.