Ngā whakāro hauora Māori o te karu: Māori thoughts and considerations surrounding eye health.

The key issues Māori patients face within ocular health services resonate strongly with wider concepts intrinsically important to Māori. These are the right to cultural safety within clinical settings, the right to accurate and pertinent communication of information between clinician and patient and the respect of cultural beliefs and acknowledgement of power imbalances within the wider healthcare system. Participant discussions and suggestions raise possible pathways to begin addressing ocular ethnic disparities in healthcare delivery.