17th October 2023
MĀORI DOCTORS IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE
AN OPEN LETTER
We the undersigned, as Māori medical practitioners, medical students, academics, and as members of the global Indigenous health community, wish to convey our grave and urgent concern for the genocide the people of Palestine face on their ancestral lands. We offer solidarity with Palestine and condemn the violent dispossession and oppression of Palestinians at the hands of the nation-state of Israel, who are supported in their actions by the U.S, the U.K and even some of our own politicians. We write to say they do not speak for us. We condemn colonialism in all forms, we condemn racism, including anti-Muslim racism and we condemn hate.
Locating ourselves at the intersection of Indigenous solidarity and medicine requires us to always speak in solidarity with those who stand against colonialism and racism, to speak for those who cannot speak, and to always challenge those who refuse to speak. We refuse to be silent and complicit as we observe the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people. We cannot be silent while human rights and Indigenous rights are being violated. We understand the blocking of access to crucial emergency healthcare services as a facilitator of genocide. The denial of access to healthcare and medical supplies in the context of war is a further denial of Palestinian humanity.
We call for the widespread condemnation and immediate cessation of the military assault on the peoples of Palestine. As a collective of Indigenous doctors, student doctors and academics we stand in solidarity with a free Palestine. Again we say, Free Palestine.
In Indigenous Solidarity,
Dr Jaclyn Aramoana-Arlidge - General Surgery Registrar (Waikato)
Professor Papaarangi Reid - Public Health Physician, Academic (Te Rarawa)
Prof David Tipene-Leach (Ngāti Kahungunu), Research Professor, Public Health Physician
Dr Kasey Tawhara - Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Ngāti Raukawa ki te tonga, Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa, Ngāti Ruanui)
Dr Arihia Waaka - Anaesthesiologist (Ngati Maahanga, Ngati Pikiao, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Whakaue)
Dr Jessica Keepa - FRNZCGP (Ngāti Porou)
Dr Erena Browne - Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar (Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Awa)
Dr Jesse-Ana Harris (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa)
Dr Makere Beale (Anaesthetic Registrar) Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
Dr Donna Cormack - Health researcher and teacher (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe)
Dr Paula Toko King - Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato
Dr Haylie Griffen - General Surgery Registrar (Ngāti Awa)
Dr Amanda Gimblett (Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto)
Dr Nukumai Wallace - Urgent Care Senior Registrar (Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
Dr Molly Anderson - GP Registrar (Ngāpuhi)
Caleb Simpkins - (Ngati Rangiwewehi)
Dr Mania Campbell-Seymour - GP Registrar (Te Whakatōhea, Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Tūhoe)
Dr Rachel Thomson GP - (Te Whanau a Apanui)
Dr Ranginui Flavell - Psychiatric Registrar (Ngati Rangiwehehi, Taranaki iwi)
Chloe Fergusson-Tibble - Trainee Intern (Te Hikutū, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa)
Dr Eden Florence (Kai Tahu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
Dr Matua Jansen, (Ngati Kahungunu, Te Atiawa, Ngati Raukawa)
Dr Ben Jansen, (Ngati Hinerangi, Ngati Raukawa)
Dr Jane Thomas, Paediatric Anaesthetist and Pain Medicine Specialist (Ngati Porou, Ngati Kahungungu)
Dr Jade Tamatea - Endocrinologist and clinical academic (Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Aitanga ā Māhaki)
Dr Clarence Kerrison - Gastroenterologist (Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Awa, Tūwharetoa)
Dr Casey Te Rangi (Ngati Tuwharetoa)
Dr Tier-Jayde Baker - GP registrar (Ngati awa, te aitanga a hauiti, te whanau a apanui, ngapuhi)
Tiana Low - Trainee Intern (Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaue)
Dr Tawera Wharetohunga (Ngati Te Ata, Te Waiohua, Te Waiariki)
Dr Joshua Manukonga (Taranaki; Ngā Ruahine )
Tessa Shepherd (Trainee Intern) - Ngāpuhii; Ngāti Hine)
Atawhai Stokes, (Ngati Porou, Ngai te rangi)
Travis Glassie, (Te Rarawa)
Denver Ruwhiu
Dr Ashleigh Jensen, (Ngāti Pōrou)
Dr Poriana Wall
Rebekah Doherty (Training Intern) - Tūhoe, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Raukawa
Cushla Moscrip - Trainee Intern (Ngāpuhi)
Dr Winnie-Mae Read-Eden (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu)
Dr Courtney Sullivan - Ngāti Awa, Taranaki, Ngāti Maru
Dr Selwyn Te Paa - Ngāti Whātua, Waikato-Tainui
Dr Claire Manning - Kāi Tahu
Stacy-Ria King - (Rongowhakaata, Tuhoe, Ngapuhi)
Dr Asti Ormsby-Grard GP Registrar - Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāpuhi, Tainui, Ngāti Ranginui
Sophia Stewart - Ngāti Kahungnunu ki Wairoa
Tanira Kingi (medical student) -Ngāti Whakaue, Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāpuhi, Te Whakatohea
Peter Te Para Parker - Ngāti Moko (Tapuika), Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Rangitihi, Tūhourangi-Ngāti Wahiao, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Rarawa
Breana Jones - Trainee Intern - Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngā Rauru
Dr Holly Shuja - Ngati Porou
Māia Lockyer - Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Porou, Rongomaiwahine
Dr Liam Gray - Ngāpuhi
Te Oranoa Matthews - Medical Student - Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri
Logan Murray
Dr Zarah Allport (Te Āti Awa)
Dr Amanda Smith (Te Uri o Hau, Ngāti Whātua)
Dr Te Rina Maze (Ngāti Whitikaupeka, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
Dr Tayla Darrah (Ngāpuhi, Ngati Maru)
Dr Yahaira Williams (Ngāti Kahungunu)
Dr Emma Wehipeihana (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou)
Dr Georgia Richmond (Te Āti Awa)
Dr Sam Jackson (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Kahu o Whangaroa)
Dr Anna Poutu Fay (Ngāti Porou)
Dr Kate Ruttley (Kāi Tahu)
Merinda Latham
Dr Arama Rata (Ngāruahine, Taranaki, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Apakura)
Dr Sophie Stevenson (Ngāti Rangitihi)
Chryssie
Mikayla Williams (Ngā Puhi)
Miss Tiana Maclean-Toro
Te Rina Keogh (Ngaati Maniapoto, Hauraki, Ngapuhi)
Mr Porourangi Templeton-Reedy - Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tainui
Dr Nohoana Findlay - Ngāti Awa
Dr Maia Melbourne-Wilcox - Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungungu
Julian Laking - Te Whakatōhea
Dr Dominique Vao - Ngati Ruanui
Dr Jayden Ball - Te Ātiawa
Tina Ngata - Ngati Porou
Sina Brown-Davis - Te Roroa, Te Uriohau
Dr Hinetamatea Mikaere GP registrar - Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Raukawa
Dr Holly Wilson - Ngāpuhi
Awhina Meikle - Trainee Intern - Ngāti Kuri, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi
Dr Saana Taylor - Whakatōhea
Kerena Wano - Taranaki, Te Atiawa, Te Whānau a Apanui, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou
Dr Tania Huria - Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga ki Wharekauri
Zoe Cotter
Dr Mahum Afraz
AProf Waikaremoana Waitoki (Ngāti Mahanga, Ngāti Hako)
Te Ata - Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Apakura, Rereahu, Ngāpuhi
Kate Bryant - Waitaha, kāti māmoe, kāi tahu
Dr Te Kotahitanga Piripi - Te Rarawa
Dr Meg Beaumont - Ngāti Maniapoto
Fran Kewene - Waikato, Maniapoto
Jeannine Stairmand - Ngati Porou
Dr Madeline Gee - Ngāti Kurī
Dr Kopa Manahi - General Surgery Registrar (Ngati Whakaue, Ngati Tahu-NgatiWhaoa , Ngai Tuhoe)
Dr Kapowairua Stephens - Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri
Dr Georgia Brownlee - Ngāti Awa
Dr Billie Gell - Rakaipaaka
Dr Imogen Barnett - Ngāti Raukawa
Dr Katie Scorringe - Te Atihaunui-a-paparangi
Dr Mohammad Shah Shamiul Alam
Associate Professor Rawiri Keenan FRNZCGP - Te Atiawa/ Taranaki
Dr Aleisha Hulbert - Ngāi Tahu
Ngaire Waipouri-Hartley - Te Rarawa, Ngai Tahu
Gail Eigl, Educator
Dr Nina Bevin - Tainui
Dr Tessa Mitchell - Ngāti Whakaue
Dr Coralie Takuira - Public Health Registrar (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa, Ngāpuhi)
Dr Moana Kaio - Ngati Pikiao, Te Whānau a Apanui
Dr Dominique Lum (GP registrar, Ngāti Awa, Ngāiterangi, Ngā Puhi)
Dr Keriana Kingi-Nepe (Medical Registrar) - Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tamatera, Ngāti Kahungunu
Associate Professor Elana Curtis (Te Arawa)
Dr Abbe Meads
Dr Brooke Blackmore - Ngāti Whātua
Dr Riria Mohi-Dewhirst - Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Whakahemo, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangiwewehi
Meremaihi Jackson - Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāi Tahu
Dr Ricci Harris - Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Raukawa
Dr. Maxine Ronald (General Surgeon) - Ngā Puhi
Kayla Morgan - Ngati Tuwharetoa
Leah Pickering - Ngāti Kahungunu, Waikato Tainui
Dr Katrina Kirikino-Cox - Ngati Porou
Hana Burgess - Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa, Te Atihaunui-a-paparangi, Ngāti Tuwharetoa
Catherine Song
Dr Jaymee McNab-Hand - Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī
Dr Stephanie Townend - Te Kapotai
Pania Thompson, Clinical Psychologist - Te Whānau o Apanui, Ngāti Ūepohatu, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Porou
Dr Ariana Andrews - Waikato, Te Whakatōhea
Vicki Tahau-Sweet - Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Elai Tuivaiti - Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Whakaue, Taranaki, Levi Falelātai, Savaia Lefaga
