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Cherokee Nation opens new 127-bed hospital in Oklahoma
The Cherokee Nation has completed a US$470 million (AUD 671 million) replacement...
Giovanni Torre 21 Jul 2026
Global evidence shows cervical cancer can be eliminated in the Pacific region
Pacific leaders, clinicians and researchers say cervical cancer elimination is w...
Giovanni Torre 25 Jun 2026
Pacific leadership drives health solutions at Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa
A wintry, rain-soaked day in Auckland set the scene for a powerful gathering of...
Giovanni Torre 25 Jun 2026
Pacific leaders to gather in Auckland for major research symposium
The collective strength of the Pacific will gather at Waipapa Taumata Rau, Unive...
Giovanni Torre 23 Jun 2026
Pacific-led research targets diabetes in pregnancy with $1.2 million boost
A major new Health Research Council grant will support Waipapa Taumata Rau, Univ...
Giovanni Torre 12 Jun 2026
Fiji breaks ground on $10 million rehabilitation centre in Tamavua

Fiji has broken ground on a new National Rehabilitation Centre in Tamavua as the country moves to expand care for people recovering from stroke, amputation, injury and other disabling conditions.

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Rebekah Rasmussen Apr 21, 2026
Poverty increases likelihood of dementia, warns expert Dr Etuini Ma’u

Tackling poverty is the single most important thing Aoeatroa / New Zealand can do to reduce the number of people with dementia, says the University of Auckland's Dr Etuini Ma'u.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 15, 2026
Māori-led resources launched to help whānau understand assisted dying

Aotearoa's first dedicated Māori resources on assisted dying have been launched, giving whānau (families) culturally grounded tools to better understand the End of Life Choice Act 2019 and h...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Mar 16, 2026
Pacific-led initiatives aim to eliminate cervical cancer across the Pacific

Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa - Centre for Pacific and Global Health at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, and its Pacific partners, are supporting the rollout of safe initiatives across the Pacific...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 8, 2026
University of Oklahoma’s Native Nations research centre releases key report on cancer care access

The University of Oklahoma's Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research has released a new Sovereign Report - Purchased/Referred Care and Cancer: Overview and Options for Tribal Consideration.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 6, 2026
Seeing the child, not the diagnosis: Te Whare Kaiao – a new way to support families in Aotearoa

A new Indigenous framework co-designed by University of Auckland researchers aims to reshape how children's palliative care is delivered in Aotearoa.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 25, 2026
Community visits in Aotearoa raise awareness of mate wareware - 'the illness of forgetting'

Around 90 people gathered at Te Papaiouru (Ōhinemutu) marae (communal meeting places) in Rotorua on 20 February for a powerful hui (gathering) with Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland's C...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 24, 2026
Federal funding cuts force Canada's Métis Nation–Saskatchewan to end mental health program

Federal funding cuts have forced Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S), to end its mental health counselling program, prompting concern from First Nations Canadians who rely on the service.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 24, 2026
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