Not long after, someone from inside the system contacted me, wanting to remain anonymous. Their message was simple. The MÄorification inside Health NZ is completely over the top and getting worse.
As always, I asked for proof. They told me they would take photos during their next shift and send them through. True to their word, they did. You will find the images in the gallery below.
What those images show is political messaging plastered throughout health spaces and staff areas. One example is the Toitu Te Tiriti material. That isn’t neutral, bro. That is not cultural competence, bro. That is politics, bro. It has absolutely no place in the health system, where the only priority should be patient care and clinical standards.
Staff are being bombarded with ideological material while trying to do their jobs. It creates division, not unity. It pressures people into silence. It signals to workers that one political worldview is compulsory. That is not health. That is politics wrapped in a Temu korowai and pushed through the system (more like cistern) from the top down.
What makes this even more concerning is that many believed the new government would put an end to this sort of thing. Instead, it appears to be entrenching itself even deeper. The posters are still up. The messaging is still there. The ideology continues to spread across departments.
For the clinicians and nurses who just want to look after patients, the whole situation is beyond frustrating. They are watching a health system in crisis, and instead of fixing the basics, the leadership seems obsessed with political symbolism.
If this is what staff are seeing every day in their workplaces, no wonder people are speaking out.
I will keep publishing what health workers send me. The public deserves to know what is really going on inside the system that all of us rely on.
Matua Kahurangi is just a bloke sharing thoughts on New Zealand and the world beyond. No fluff, just honest takes. He blogs on https://matuakahurangi.com/ where this article was sourced.
What those images show is political messaging plastered throughout health spaces and staff areas. One example is the Toitu Te Tiriti material. That isn’t neutral, bro. That is not cultural competence, bro. That is politics, bro. It has absolutely no place in the health system, where the only priority should be patient care and clinical standards.
Staff are being bombarded with ideological material while trying to do their jobs. It creates division, not unity. It pressures people into silence. It signals to workers that one political worldview is compulsory. That is not health. That is politics wrapped in a Temu korowai and pushed through the system (more like cistern) from the top down.
What makes this even more concerning is that many believed the new government would put an end to this sort of thing. Instead, it appears to be entrenching itself even deeper. The posters are still up. The messaging is still there. The ideology continues to spread across departments.
For the clinicians and nurses who just want to look after patients, the whole situation is beyond frustrating. They are watching a health system in crisis, and instead of fixing the basics, the leadership seems obsessed with political symbolism.
If this is what staff are seeing every day in their workplaces, no wonder people are speaking out.
I will keep publishing what health workers send me. The public deserves to know what is really going on inside the system that all of us rely on.
Matua Kahurangi is just a bloke sharing thoughts on New Zealand and the world beyond. No fluff, just honest takes. He blogs on https://matuakahurangi.com/ where this article was sourced.
5 comments:
The resistance as in the poster presumably comes from those who have mixed European and Maori ancestry and who have chosen to reject any white ancestry and identify as 100pc Maori, and their white supporters on grounds of political belief. Interesting to find people who hate and disown part of their ancestry. I have relatives through an immediate cousin here who are part-Maori, part Scottish ancestry. They do not all share the same views but a couple have been radicalised and are uncomfortable if reminded they have Scottish ancestry too. I do recall several years ago an academic in Auckland writing a paper in which she said racial inter-marriage was a colonial tool to force assimilation, as if a plot.
I feel ill just reading this.
Luxon stop it !
Oh, you are too busy sorting the dollars - well Luxon, shortly most of us will abandon NZ because of the mess you personally are allowing to accelerate .
Maori Health Authority Gone - Really? He Paupua all work on it stopped - Rubbish! Luxon says that his government is laser-focused on stopping the “MÄorification” of the country - More Rubbish! Proof - Pudding - Eating ...
I always took "kia whakatomuri te haere whakamua" to be a clever sendup of the absurdity of maori attachment to the past as many blunder unprepared into the modern world.
If in hospital, you need a private room. If not, a giant whanau may pitch a tent in your shared space. One might think minimizing germs a key function of a hospital ....
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