2 weeks Ago By Mike Dinsdale
A unique Hīkoi for Health Reform, led by two doctor-poets in a colourful ambulance, will head to Parliament from Kaitāia collecting stories from the public on health system issues along the way. Sick of seeing health used as a ‘political football’ by all parties, and the system not improving, despite numerous ‘reforms’ over the past 30 years , the two doctors have decided to do something about it. An initiative organised by Art Nahill and Glenn Colquhoun called Hīkoi for Health Reform: A People’s Inquiry, will be travelling in a second-hand van strikingly transformed into an ambulance/mobile artwork by renowned artist Nigel Brown.
They leave Kaitāia on Wednesday and will be holding public hui along the way to create momentum for urgent healthcare reform by collecting and curating people’s stories and suggestions which they will present on Parliament grounds on May 8..
