Rhys Jones

Guest writer

Dr Rhys Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu) is a public health physician currently working as a senior lecturer at Te Kupenga Hauora Māori (TKHM), University of Auckland. He oversees Māori health teaching, learning and assessment in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. Dr Jones' research interests include ethnic inequalities in health, indigenous health in health professional education, and environmental influences on health.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes an exit after a post cabinet press conference at Parliament on May 04, 2020 in Wellington. (Photo: Hagen Hopkins/Getty)

Covid-19 and Māori health: ‘The daily 1pm briefings have been an exercise in whiteness’

Where is the ‘other’ Treaty partner in this pandemic response, asks public health expert Rhys Jones.

By Rhys Jones | 13th May, 2020

An influenza medicine depot in Christchurch for “poor” people. Taken by an unknown photographer 4 December 1918. (Image: Alexander Turnbull Library)

Why equity for Māori must be prioritised during the Covid-19 response

Māori have fared worst in every pandemic New Zealand has ever experienced.

By Rhys Jones | 18th March, 2020