Hopes a boosted scholarship fund will keep Māori in pharmacy schools
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Hopes a boosted scholarship fund will keep Māori in pharmacy schools
Natasha Jojoa Burling
Thursday 20 April 2023, 10:20 AM
Mariana Hudson, president of Ngā Kaitiaki o te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa/Māori Pharmacists Association, says it’s hard getting Māori into pharmacy school, so keeping them there is even more important
It’ll support the ones who have started the journey and keep them there
Māori pharmacy leaders hope a tripled scholarship fund will help keep Māo, Kevin Pewhairangi [supplied], Horouta Pharmacy owner Kevin Pewhairangi says Māori pharmacists only make up two per cent of the sector, and the numbers haven’t been growing