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Table 1 New Zealand Māori and Pasifika health workforce representation

From: Addressing indigenous health workforce inequities: A literature review exploring 'best' practice for recruitment into tertiary health programmes

 

Māori

Pasifika

Proportion of the New Zealand population

15%

7%

Proportion of Health professionals

  

   Doctors

2.6%

1.6%

   Pharmacists

≤ 1.5%

0.4%

   Nurses

7%

2.8%

   Dentists

2.1%

0.6%