Pharmac Director Resigns Over Treaty Decision

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Director of New Zealand’s pharmaceutical funding agency quits over rollback of Māori rights

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A director of New Zealand’s medicine funding agency Pharmac has resigned in protest of a government directive telling the agency that it no longer needed to consider the Treaty of Waitangi in its funding decisions.

Dr Anthony Jordan said he could not in good conscience continue in his role.

The treaty was signed by Mori chiefs and the Crown in 1840 .

The principles that have flowed from the treaty are widely used to help ensure that Mori wellbeing, health, rights and views are factored into policy and decision-making.

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