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Youth, leadership and health reform: meet Mr Gay NZ 2021
Pinnacle Incorporated | 09/03/2021

Bharat Mahajan, a 28 year old clinical services manager – mental health for Pinnacle has won the title of Mr Gay New Zealand 2021. Already recognised as a young leader in the health sector, Bharat impressed the judges and the voting public to take the winner’s sash at The Big Gay Out in February.

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People Equity Advocacy Education Leadership
Partnership at Parihaka brings health services to the community
Pinnacle Incorporated | 04/03/2021

Every fortnight inside a whare at Parihaka Papakāinga in Taranaki, people can be found laughing and catching up with whānau in the Whakaihu Taiora clinic waiting room. They’re there because of a new health initiative designed to respond to community need.

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Rural People Equity
Young Taranaki nurse receives Pinnacle nursing scholarship
Pinnacle Incorporated | 22/10/2020

When practice nurse Huia Brady heard about the Pinnacle nursing scholarship aimed at improving equity and access in primary care, she saw an opportunity to make positive change for patients.

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People Equity
Collaborative approach makes a difference in Rotorua’s Eastside
Pinnacle Incorporated | 01/10/2020

A collaborative, community-led health and social service is making a difference in Rotorua’s Eastside community, an area where high levels of deprivation and inequity mean many whānau experience complex, often multi-generational health and social support needs.

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Equity Practices
Prioritising Māori governance representation in the cancer sector, worldwide
Pinnacle Incorporated | 21/10/2019

The 2019 World Indigenous Cancer Conference – ‘Respect, reconciliation and reciprocity: connecting across knowledge systems’ – was held in Calgary, Canada last month. It was attended and presented at by Rawiri Blundell, Māori health manager.

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Equity
Tane Takitu Ake ki Taupō
Pinnacle Incorporated | 26/09/2019

Tane Takitu Ake ki Taupō (Men standing strong in Taupō) is a kaupapa Māori six-week program with a focus on Māori men ‘s health with, or at risk of developing, multi-morbidities.

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Equity Models of care Multi-morbidity Wellbeing
Heath Te Aroha embraces Te Reo Māori
Pinnacle Incorporated | 20/09/2018

Heath Te Aroha is embracing te reo in a big way. We had a chat with practice manager Dwayne Stewart about this impressive effort.

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People Equity Education
Bringing flu vaccinations to kaumātua: working together to overcome barriers
Pinnacle Incorporated | 17/04/2018

Offering both the flu and Zostavax (shingles) vaccines, a Hamilton initiative is reaching a high risk, vulnerable population who may otherwise have been missed.

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People Equity Preventative care
School health clinics making a difference in Waikato communities
Pinnacle Incorporated | 20/02/2018

Annually, thousands of youth in communities across the Waikato region struggle to access health care services, restricted by barriers such as cost, lack of transport and fear of talking to a health care professional.

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Equity Preventative care Sexual health Wellbeing
Role aims to enable accessible primary mental health care
Pinnacle Incorporated | 30/08/2017

Hamilton GP Dr Maree McCracken says as the volume and complexity of mental health related issues in primary care continues to increase, it's important general practice is able to provide quality primary care interventions to support their patients.

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Equity Wellbeing
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