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Hīkoi for Health
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Phase 1 of the #HīkoiForHealth may be over, but in the coming months your submissions will be woven into a report on how we can all help to redesign the healthcare system in Aotearoa! Stay tuned for Phase 2 🚑 healthreformnz.org
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#HīkoiForHealth TODAY IS THE DAY WHĀNAU 🚑
Thurs 8 May, 1pm-3pm, at Parliament grounds
Come on down for Band-Aid Day 🩹❤️‍🩹🤕
We would love to see you and share what we've heard and what we've learned along the hīkoi 🚑 heathreformnz.org
text: "What is Band-Aid Day? Join us for Band-Aid Day! May 8, 2025. You can show your support for healthcare reform, even if you can't make it to Wellington for the final day of our hīkoi. Wear a bandage or plaster in a prominent place as a symbol of the government's failing approach to fixing our healthcare system. And when someone asks "What happened?", tell them about our hīkoi, the need for reform and that they can submit their concerns and ideas at healthreformnz.org!"
May 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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#HīkoiForHealth 🚑 Thurs 8 May, 1pm-3pm, Parliament 🚑
Come on down! We would love to see you and share what we've heard and what we've learned along the hīkoi.
four people smiling at the camera. they are the Hīkoi For Health team, standing in front of their colourfully handpainted 'vanbulance' that is travelling around the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. L to R: Emily, Glenn, Oriwa and Art. several hands with bandages and band-aids on them. "Band-Aid Day. Wear a Band-aid or plaster to protest the Government's approach to Healthcare reform! Join us on Parliament grounds on May 8th. healthreformnz.org"
May 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth ngā mihi nui @peacewellington.bsky.social

see you all tomorrow at Parliament grounds, 1pm - 3pm! 🚑
a red heart with a white cross in the middle of it, being held by two white hands. "Save our health system. Hīkoi for Health. Thursday 1pm @ Parliament."
May 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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ngā mihi nui @tepaatimaori.bsky.social ❤️
several hands with bandages and band-aids on them. "Band-Aid Day. Wear a Band-aid or plaster to protest the Government's approach to Healthcare reform! Join us on Parliament grounds on May 8th. healthreformnz.org"
May 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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#HīkoiForHealth We had a great morning at Te Whare Hononga, followed by a beautiful drive down to Whanganui for our Hui at Motua Gardens. A massive thank you to everyone you joined us today & shared their whakaaro

🚑 Tues in Palmerston North & Levin, then Band-Aid Day 🩹 on Thurs 8 May at Parliament!
May 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth

THURSDAY May 8 🚑 1pm-3pm 🚑 Wellington
Please join us on Parliament grounds as we share what we've heard along the hīkoi and what ideas people have for healthcare reform in New Zealand. Wear a band-aid or bandage! 🩹 ❤️‍🩹
several hands with bandages and band-aids on them. "Band-Aid Day. Wear a Band-aid or plaster to protest the Government's approach to Healthcare reform! Join us on Parliament grounds on May 8th. healthreformnz.org"
May 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth

TUES May 6:
🔹 Palmerston North: *️⃣ NEW LOCATION *️⃣ Railway Land Reserve (Skate Park) Church St, 10am-12pm
🔹 Levin: Village Green, 2pm-4pm
🔹 Levin: Glenn & Art join the Patient Voice Aotearoa event at Memorial Hall, 7pm-8pm

THURS May 8:
🔹 Wellington, Parliament 🔊 Plz JOIN US 🩹 1pm-3pm
poster: "It's only a matter of time before you need healthcare. Our New Zealand health system is in CRISIS. The government must act now to fix it. MYLIFEMATTERS.ORG.NZ 022 097 5899 mylifemattersNZ@gmail.com THE STATE OF THE NEW ZEALAND HEALTH SYSTEM. PUBLIC MEETING - LEVIN. Malcolm Mulholland Chair, Patient Voice Aotearoa. Dr Art Nahill, Hikoi for Health. Dr Glenn Colquhoun, Hikoi for Health. Come and hear from patients, doctors, nurses, and specialists, about the state of the health system in your community and nationally. Everyone is affected and we need a well-functioning health system. Levin Memorial Hall. Chamberlain Street. Levin. Tuesday 6 May. 7pm - 8pm. www.mylifematters.org.nz/roadshow"
May 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth 🚑 MONDAY May 5 🚑 Love to see you!

🔹 New Plymouth: Te Whare Hononga, Taranaki Cathedral, 39 Vivian St, 10am-12pm
🔹 Whanganui: Pākaitore / Moutoa Gardens, 3pm-5pm
inside a beautiful building with Māori art on some of the panelling, two doctors are setting up for their hui with the Taranaki community. "10-12 today whānau!! New Plymouth, New Zealand. Te Whare Hononga."
May 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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#HīkoiForHealth The vanbulance has made it to Taranaki!

Come and meet with us, MONDAY May 5:
🔹 New Plymouth: Te Whare Hononga, Taranaki Cathedral, 39 Vivian St, 10am-12pm
🔹 Whanganui: Pākaitore / Moutoa Gardens, 3pm-5pm
a brightly painted vanbulance parked in a driveway with the beautiful, snow-covered Mount Taranaki visible in the distance.
May 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth
MON May 5:
🔹 New Plymouth: Taranaki Cathedral, 10am-12pm
🔹 Whanganui: Pākaitore/Moutoa Gardens, 3pm-5pm

TUES May 6:
🔹 Palmerston North: The Square, 10am-12pm
🔹 Levin: Village Green, 2pm-4pm
🔹 Levin: Memorial Hall, 7pm-8pm

THURS May 8:
🔹 Wellington, Parliament 🔊 Plz JOIN US! 1pm-3pm
poster: "It's only a matter of time before you need healthcare. Our New Zealand health system is in CRISIS. The government must act now to fix it. MYLIFEMATTERS.ORG.NZ 022 097 5899 mylifemattersNZ@gmail.com THE STATE OF THE NEW ZEALAND HEALTH SYSTEM. PUBLIC MEETING - LEVIN. Malcolm Mulholland Chair, Patient Voice Aotearoa. Dr Art Nahill, Hikoi for Health. Dr Glenn Colquhoun, Hikoi for Health. Come and hear from patients, doctors, nurses, and specialists, about the state of the health system in your community and nationally. Everyone is affected and we need a well-functioning health system. Levin Memorial Hall. Chamberlain Street. Levin. Tuesday 6 May. 7pm - 8pm. www.mylifematters.org.nz/roadshow"
May 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth Press Release
"The voices they have heard reveal the need for urgent systemic change, but also highlight how communities are filling the void left by a failing and increasingly privatized health system. It is clear that collective experiences and ideas are vital in shaping a better future. They invite everyone to join us on May 8th at Parliament grounds to hear a summary of the findings from their "People’s Inquiry." They hope to amplify these voices and press for the comprehensive healthcare reform they believe our country desperately needs. They also remind supporters that they have declared May 8th "Band-Aid Day" where those who want to protest government inaction and support the call for reform should wear a bandage or plaster(s) in a prominent place as a symbol of the approach of successive governments to the failures of our health care system."
May 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth Press Release
four people smiling at the camera. they are the Hīkoi For Health team, standing in front of their colourfully handpainted 'vanbulance' that is travelling around the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. L to R: Emily, Glenn, Oriwa and Art. "Hīkoi for Health Reaches Final Leg – Heading to Parliament for May 8th Arrival. As the Hīkoi for Health approaches its conclusion, doctors Art Nahill and Glenn Colquhoun are proud to announce that their "vanbulance" journey is in its final days. From New Plymouth, they will be travelling south to Wellington, arriving at Parliament grounds on May 8th, where they will hold a gathering to share the stories and ideas for healthcare reform collected along the way. Throughout the campaign, they have been overwhelmed by the incredible support from communities across the North Island who have provided food, petrol vouchers, and accommodation. They have received hundreds of submissions through their website, healthreformnz.org, and spoken with more individuals who have shared their stories of pain, frustration, and hope for the future of healthcare in Aotearoa."
May 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth Day 8 🚑 Flaxmere
We had a beautiful kōrero with some of the community and health kaimahi in Hastings today. Thankyou to everyone who came out to share with us.

Monday 5 May, come visit us!
- New Plymouth, 10am-12pm, Taranaki Cathedral
- Whanganui, 3pm-5pm, Pākaitore / Moutoa Gardens
May 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth Day 7 🚑
More from our day @TurangaHealth Manawaru Cafe in Gisborne ❤️
See you tomorrow HASTINGS!
May 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth Day 7 🚑 Gisborne
Today we've been spending time listening and sharing with the @TurangaHealth community in Elgin.

Next stop, HASTINGS! Saturday 3 May from 10am-12pm at Flaxmere Community Centre, 30 Swansea Rd
May 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth 🚑 Day 6 🚑
Tonight we joined Patient Voice Aotearoa in Gisborne.

Tomorrow (Friday 2 May) we'll be at Manawaru Cafe, Turanga Health in Childers Rd, Elgin from 11am - 1pm
May 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth update! 🚑 new event for LEVIN 🚑
We will once again join Malcolm Mulholland and Patient Voice Aotearoa to meet with and hear from you!
TUESDAY May 6
7pm - 8pm
poster: "It's only a matter of time before you need healthcare. Our New Zealand health system is in CRISIS. The government must act now to fix it. MYLIFEMATTERS.ORG.NZ 022 097 5899 mylifemattersNZ@gmail.com THE STATE OF THE NEW ZEALAND HEALTH SYSTEM. PUBLIC MEETING - LEVIN. Malcolm Mulholland Chair, Patient Voice Aotearoa. Dr Art Nahill, Hikoi for Health. Dr Glenn Colquhoun, Hikoi for Health. Come and hear from patients, doctors, nurses, and specialists, about the state of the health system in your community and nationally. Everyone is affected and we need a well-functioning health system. Levin Memorial Hall. Chamberlain Street. Levin. Tuesday 6 May. 7:00pm - 8:00pm. www.mylifematters.org.nz/roadshow"
May 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth

We stopped in Ōpōtiki today for a kōrero with some local health professionals and community. They shared some really powerful whakaro, thank you for having us!
photo of four people sitting at a table in a big room, with people sitting listening to their korero.
May 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth 🚑 Day 6 - Gisborne 🚑

#MayDay #DoctorsStrike #WorkersUnite
A joint hui with Patient Voice Aotearoa and Malcolm Mulholland, Dr Alex Raines of Gisborne Hospital, and our two hīkoi doctors Glenn Colquhoun and Art Nahill.
Come meet us!
House of Breakthrough Church, Riverdale
7pm - 8:30pm
poster: "It's only a matter of time before you need healthcare. Our New Zealand health system is in CRISIS. The government must act now to fix it. MYLIFEMATTERS.ORG.NZ 022 097 5899 mylifemattersNZ@gmail.com PUBLIC MEETING ON THE STATE OF GISBORNE HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE. SPEAKERS: Malcolm Mulholland Chair, Patient Voice Aotearoa. Dr Alex Raines, Gisborne Hospital. Dr Art Nahill, Hikoi for Health. Dr Glenn Colquhoun, Hikoi for Health. Come and hear from patients, doctors, nurses, and specialists, about the state of the health system in your community and nationally. Everyone is affected and we need a well-functioning health system. Gisborne. House of Breakthrough Church, Corner Lytton Rd and Ormond Road, Riverdale, Gisborne. Thursday 1 May 7:00pm - 8:30pm. www.mylifematters.org.nz/roadshow"
April 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth Day 5 🚑 Whakatāne

Wowwww! Thankyou to everyone who joined us for some powerful kōrero on public healthcare reform in Aotearoa. Aotearoa, we are really feeling your wairua and are feeling inspired and motivated to keep going. Ngā Mihi Nui.

Next - GISBORNE on Thurs 1 May #StrikeDay
April 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth Day 5 🚑 Whakatāne
photo of a gathering of people sitting on chairs in a large meeting room. one person, Dr Glenn Colquhoun, is standing and speaking to the group.
April 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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"Doctors Art Nahill & Glenn Colquhoun & team took time to kōrero to whānau today. They are on 2 week #HīkoiForHealth the length of the North Island, talking to as many people as possible about their experiences of the health system and their ideas of how it could be fit for purpose." @TeKohaoHealth
April 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth Day 4! Thankyou Hamilton

Parked up at Te Kōhao Health today. It was a special day of kōrero. We were humbled by the community’s manaaki and presence. Thankyou to everyone who came out to share with us.

🚑 Tomoro, Wed April 30, we're in Whakatāne!
Knox Presbyterian Church, 5pm-7pm 🚑
April 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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#HīkoiForHealth TODAY, 12pm - 2pm at Te Kōhao Health

We've turned the back of the van into a mini film studio where you can step inside, share your thots on the health system and tell us how you’d like to see it improved. Or you can write a submission or upload your own video to healthreformnz.org
Facebook. "🚐💥 Join us (Apōpō) Tuesday, April 29, we’re bringing the Vanbulance to Kirikiriroa/Hamilton and we need YOUR support! We're hitting the streets to talk about redesigning the health system and we want to hear YOUR voice! 📍 Where - Kirikiriroa Marae (Opposite our Digital Billboard) 951 Wairere Drive 🎬 When - Tuesday, April 29 ⏰ Time - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 🚐 Just 2 hours to make your voice heard! 🎥 What’s the Vanbulance all about? - We’ve turned the back of the van into a mini film studio, where YOU can step inside, share your thoughts on the health system, and tell us how you’d like to see it improved. - Not in the mood to record? No worries! You can write your submission, chat with the team, or upload your own video to our website. Let’s join forces to create a better health system for everyone! #HīkoiForHealth #Vanbulance #HealthReform #CommunityVoices #TeKohaoHealth #Hamilton #NewZealand #HealthForAll 🗣️ Don’t miss out — we can’t wait to hear your ideas!"
April 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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#HīkoiForHealth ngā mihi nui @maramadavidson.bsky.social
selfie of four smiling wahine Māori "Healthcare is a basic human right! Everyone should be able to access the health services they need, when they need it. Important hui today catching up with the team at Manurewa Marae to support the @hikoiforhealth van calling in. The van is gathering kōrero from communities around the motu, about what is needed to reform our Healthcare system for the better. And supporting local community health hubs like my our at Manurewa Marae is part of the solution. The van will arrive in Parliament on 08 May to present their preliminary findings."
April 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM