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Using the Williams (1997) ‘basic causes’ model for health inequalities, the role of Maori ethnicity in health will be examined. In particular, the significant disparities regarding cardiovascular disease rates in Maori compared to the ‘dominant’ group in society will be addressed. The model will be worked through backwards, starting with the health status of Maori relating to cardiovascular disease rates. The different levels of causation will then be focused on from the biological process and response level, to the surface causes and proximal pathways, then to social status, and then addressing the underlying overall basic causes including racism and colonisation. Beginning with the final section of the Williams (1997) ‘basic causes’ model, being the health status resulting from the prior sections in this model, cardiovascular disease in Maori will be addressed and the disparities when compared to the dominant group in society. 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