Assessment topic:	Te Tiriti of Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi, determinants of health, New Zealand and Māori Health Strategies and health system.
Assessment type:	Critical Essay Writing, Analysis and Evaluation
Word restriction:	3000 ± 10% words (excluding title page and reference list. In text references can be included)
Submission Due Date:	Due Friday 13th June 2025, no later than 5pm

MHS8.443 Course learning outcomes covered

Learning Outcome 2: Analyse the relationship between the determinants of health and evidence used to evaluate health outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Learning Outcome 3: Critically evaluate the implications of Te Tiriti o Waitangi for health strategies and Aotearoa New Zealand’s health system.

MHS8.443 Background to this assessment

The impacts of the determinants of health and responses made through the New Zealand and Māori health strategies and the health system were discussed in Modules 2 and 3. The focus of this essay is on evaluating the success of the Aotearoa New Zealand healthcare system to meet its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Critically discuss how successful (or not) the health system has been in achieving equality of health outcomes for Māori and non-Māori populations in Aotearoa?

MHS8.443 Assessment task

Spend adequate time to carefully read, decipher and understand the essay requirements before you start. Also, carefully review the assessment marking criteria/rubric.

Below are some topics to guide your essay. You do not have to use these, but if you do, ensure that you link them to the overall essay question, and that the topics connect and flow logically.

Please do not use bullet points to list issues or explanations. Sub-headings are not required but you may use the headings used in the format to create sub-headings for your essay.

Cover page

Name of the course Assessment number Assessment title Student name

Introduction

Discuss how you will answer the essay question and introduce the reader to the content of your essay (~250 words).

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Compare the different versions of the Tiriti and discuss what they promised in terms of equality for the all parties. Discuss the relevance of this to the equality of health outcomes for Māori and non-Māori populations (~250 words).

The Determinants of Health and Health Outcomes

Discuss how these factors impact on the equality of health outcomes for all population groups for Māori and non-Māori populations – support this with relevant statistical and other evidence (~500 words).

New Zealand and Māori Health Strategies

Evaluate how successful these have been in creating equality of health outcomes for Māori and non-Māori populations (~600 words).

The Delivery of Healthcare

Evaluate the ability of the Aotearoa New Zealand health system to deliver equality of health outcomes for Māori and non-Māori populations in this country (~600 words).

Synthesis of Key Points

Provide an overall synthesis of information and arguments before moving on to your Conclusion. This shows the relationship between the previous discussions and how they affect the equality of health outcomes for all population groups in Aotearoa (~500 words).

Conclusion

Summarise the conclusions from each paragraph Prepare an overall conclusion for your essay that provides an answer to the essay question (~300 words).

Make sure you bring your Conclusion back to the essay question and link this to obligations created under the Treaty of Waitangi/Tiriti o Waitangi.

References

• Use APA 7th edition format for your references. Provide a list of all references used in your essay that relate to the intext references provided in each section of your essay.
• Use the EIT Library referencing guides to help you with this as well as the other academic support information in the Step Up To Learning Success EIT