This series of five presentations details a comprehensive investigation into issues surrounding oral health research priorities for Māori. The first presentation discusses project goals designed to improve Māori oral health and reduce disparities; the second describes an oral health research project run by Ngāti Pahauwera Hauora in 2009; the third concerns the impact of oral health problems among Māori adults with low income, elderly Māori, and Māori with special needs, disabilities or who are medically compromised; Presentation 4 discusses the involvement of Kokiri Marae in this research project; and the final presentation concludes with a vision of oral health system for all Māori for life, with appropriate models of oral health service delivery, and solutions to workforce issues.
