Maori women fake illness to get medicine for husbands

Maori women are faking symptoms to get medication or help for their men, who refuse to go to the doctor.

Health providers in Rotorua say Maori men are reluctant to go to their GPs, fearful of receiving bad news, and have welcomed research published this week in AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples which has highlighted the issue.

The research paper said Maori women were going to their GPs presenting the symptoms of their Maori male partners to get health information and medication.   More Read