Co-leader John Tamihere says Maori develop cancer a decade sooner than the general population.

He says current screening ages mean Maori arrive at hospitals with levels of illness that could have been avoided.

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17 Nov: Nurse practitioners can now prescribe more medicines, under legislation passed last week

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