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WAI 2575 principles of Te Tiriti

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Tino rangatiratanga
Equity
Active protection
Options
Partnership
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Definition of tino rangatiratanga (as per WAI 2575)

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Māori self-determination

Mana motuhake in design, delivery, monitoring

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Equity (as per WAI 2575)

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Commit to achieving equitable outcomes

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Active protection (as per WAI 2575)

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Crown must act to fullest extent practicable to achieve equitable outcomes

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Options (as per WAI 2575)

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Provide and properly resource kaupapa Māori alternatives

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Partnership (as per WAI 2575)

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Work in partnership in governance, design, delivery and monitoring

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Fundamental basis of Te Tiriti (as per WAI 2575)

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Crown gets kāwanatanga (right to govern; to create laws); in exchange Māori get tino rangatiratanga (autonomy)

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Where the position fits in the system

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COVID-19 Health System Response directorate
National Public Health Operations group
Public Health Team

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Why do you want this job?

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Frustrated by fragmentation
PHUs do their own things or criticise without helping
Creates duplication and incoherence
Potential to reolve this with NPHS
Want to be part of the mahi
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Example of innovating solution

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Helped set up virtual team to support ARPHS during Delta
Seconded to ARPHS in 2020
Used this experience to understand the model being used
Took this back to RPH
Learning: take opportunities when presented

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Example of working with Te Tiriti / whanau ora

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Delta outbreak Maori community gang connections
Utilised trusted relationship with whanau
Ngati moe hapu; Ngati kahungunu
RPH supported Whaiora to provide this service: staff, technical support
Learnings: active protection; partnership

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Team leadership

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  • Clinical lead for Australasian Tuberculosis Conference
  • Involved developing and implementing scientific committee; corralling group and developing recommendations
  • Undertook the lead work for contacting speakers; developing content
  • Lesson: if you’re working in a group select your group carefully; create expectations for undertaking the actual work
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What is your leadership style

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Transparency
I don’t have all the answers
Give team clarity about direction and purpose
Democratic
Coaching
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How have you managed conflict

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  • Response manager felt that my team members made inappropriate comments with stakeholders
  • Spent time gathering information and different perspectives
  • Recognised that there were different perceptions of same incident
  • Addressed issue with response manager
  • Needed to ensure that team knew that I had their backs
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What skills would you bring to the role?

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Technical expertise with communicable disease control and outbreak management
Approaching 17 years experience as MOoH
Experience working in central government; ESR
Written communication
Adaptability, problem-solving, openness
Innovative tactics

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Top priorities on starting in role

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  • Develop agreement with PHUs around areas of responsibility - in particular, ARPHS. How do we avoid duplication of policy-making and operational guidance?
  • Support development of integrated system for case-contact management
  • Ensure we are ready for emerging threats in winter
  • Ensure that the lessons around equity learned from COVID become intrinsic to our response models
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Future development of COVID-19

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  • WHO three scenarios
  • Worst case - more virulent; highly transmissible variant; immune escape
  • Base case - continued evolution of virus with variable escape from immunity but not greater severity
  • Best case - future variants emerge but less severe
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Likely demands on health sector from COVID-19

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Long COVID; inequity
Maintaining surveillance
Maintaining public engagement
Maintaining public health service capacity for addressing future spikes

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How to deal with conflict between science advice and political considerations

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  • Understand political realities
  • Ensure the downsides of not following best practice are well understood by decision-makers
  • Be realistic about uncertainties
  • Recognise that even the precautionary principle has limits
    Example: hepatitis A and packaged berry fruit; solution is around risk communication
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STEC change management due to PCR

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  • Evidential basis
  • Consultation
  • Policy paper; potential impacts; range of options
  • Implementation

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