Tureiti Moxon
Lady Tureiti Moxon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) Wairoa, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Māori health leader |
| Spouse | David Moxon |
| Children | 4 |
Lady Tureiti Moxon (born 1957) is a prominent New Zealand Māori health leader and campaigner.[1]
Biography
Moxon was born in Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, in 1957. Her iwi are Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Kahungunu and Kai Tahu.[2] She grew up on a farm in Mōhaka as one of 12 children, and received a scholarship to then attend Hukarere Girls' College. She then trained in early childhood education and later in law. She worked as a lawyer in the area of Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements. In 2012 Tureiti was part of the Ngāti Pāhauwera negotiating team who settled their historical treaty claims with the Crown. She is a claimant in a number of claims before the Waitangi Tribunal in relation to health, Oranga Tamariki and ACC.[3]
She is currently the managing director of Te Kōhao Health in Hamilton[3][2], chair of the National Urban Māori Authority (NUMA), and is a Chartered Fellow with the Institute of Directors.[4]
In 2020 she received the Te Tupu-ā-Rangi Award for Health and Science, for her dedication to improving the physical and mental wellbeing of New Zealanders at the Ngā Whetū o Matariki – Matariki Awards.[5][6]
Career
Since 2002, Moxon has been the managing director of of Hamilton primary health provider Te Kōhao Health, a health, education, social and justice service provider in Hamilton servicing the wider Waikato region.[3][2] She has grown it from 1,500 enrolled individual members to 8,400, and a staff of 234.[2]
In 2005, she and others applied to the Waitangi Tribunal, challenging inequities suffered by Māori in the public health system and seeking access to health data.[7][8]
In 2019, a Waitangi Tribunal report said the Crown was to set up a stand-alone Māori health agency, and consider compensation for failing to improve Māori health over the past 20 years. By failing to set up and run the primary health system in a way that reduced the gap between Maori and non-Maori health outcomes.[9]
In 2021, Moxon called for the elimination of state care of children (tamariki) for not upholding Māori self-determination (tino rangatiratanga) over their families (whānau). She has said the Crown should consider compensating families who have been punished and traumatised by state intervention.[10][11] Instead she called for Māori structures to provide the support to families where needed. In her capacity as NUMA chair she also said, "Given that 60 to 70 per cent of children in State care are Māori, National Urban Māori Authority continues to advocate that 60 to 70 per cent of the resources should go to Māori.[12]
In September 2021, the interim Māori Health Authority was formed with Tureiti as a board member.[13]
Personal life
Moxon is married to Anglican Bishop David Moxon, formerly the Archbishop of Canterbury's Representative to the Holy See and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. They have four adult children.[3]
References
- ^ "Independence of Māori Health Authority paramount - Lady Tureiti Moxon". RNZ. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Te kohao health". www.tekohaohealth.co.nz. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Fifteen years - and counting - of fighting for Māori healthcare for Tureiti Lady Moxon". Stuff. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "National Urban Māori Authority calls for Māori self-determination in health". Stuff. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Te Tupu-ā-Rangi Award for Health and Science". Māori Television. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Wahine from Mōhaka announced as finalist in Matariki Awards". NZ Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Thursday; September 2021, 23; Authority, 9:06 am Press Release: National Urban Maori. "Sixteen Year Wait For New Māori Health Authority Board Member | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
{{cite web}}:|first2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Māori Health Providers receive crumbs from the Crown funding pie". Māori Television. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Waitangi Tribunal says Crown has breached Treaty of Waitangi by failing to close gap between Māori and non-Māori health". NZ Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Crown apology, compensation needed for Oranga Tamariki failings - Lady Tureiti Moxon". RNZ. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Māori Health Authority a step closer". Māori Television. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "'Change must come': Mixed views on Oranga Tamariki shake-up". NZ Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Boards announced for interim Māori Health Authority and Health New Zealand". Boards announced for interim Māori Health Authority and Health New Zealand. Retrieved 4 December 2021.