"I couldn't even do normal chores": a qualitative study of the impacts of injury for Māori.

Aims: To investigate the rehabilitation experiences of Māori who were still reporting disability 24 months after an injury resulting in hospitalisation.

Methods: Participants had been hospitalised for an Accident Compensation Corporation (New Zealand's no-fault injury compensation insurer) entitlement claim injury between 2007 and 2009, and were experiencing disability 24 months post-injury. In-depth kanohi ki te kanohi (face-to-face) qualitative interviews with 12 participants aged between 37 and 71 years at the time of interviews were conducted.

Did New Zealand's new alcohol legislation achieve its object of facilitating public input? Qualitative study of Māori communities.

Background And Aims: The Treaty of Waitangi stipulates equality between Māori and non-Māori, yet Māori continue to have substantially poorer health, a driver of which is alcohol-related morbidity. In 2012, the New Zealand government introduced legislation claiming it would facilitate community input on decisions about alcohol. We investigated the experience of Māori communities with the new law.