Graham King (Ngāti Tai), Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa Board member, has lived with diabetes since being diagnosed in 1990. In this Stephen Forbes (Local Democracy Reporter for RNZ) article he advocates here in the interests of Maori, noting that "many people in Māoridom were reluctant to seek medical help because of negative experiences they, or their whānau, had experienced with the health system - and a lot of them just can't afford it".
