There are calls for the government to save more Māori women's lives by immediately funding a DIY test for the virus that causes many cervical cancers.
Māori women are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer and three times more likely to die from it than Pākēhā women.
The DIY swab test for the Human Papilloma Virus or HPV can be used by women at home instead of having to visit a doctor for a smear test.
Lady Tureiti Moxon is chair of the National Urban Māori Authority, and was among those making the case for funding the tests at the Māori affairs select commitee hearing into health inequities.
Lisa Owen asks Lady Moxon why we need the DIY test when we already have a cervical screening programme.
