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RNZ
New Māori Health Authority, DHBs scrapped and new Public Health Agency announced in major health system restructure.
Newsroom
The Government will consolidate all 20 District Health Boards into a single, national health service and create a new Māori Health Authority with commissioning powers.
Newshub
Her comments preceded the Government announcing a massive health reform.
1 NEWS
The announcement comes after a scathing report found New Zealand’s health system was under "serious stress".
The Spinoff
In a set of sweeping health reforms announced today, district health boards will be abolished and a new Māori Health Authority will be established. Here, doctors and experts react to news of the biggest change to the health system in a generation. Lester Levy, professor of digital health leaders
Stuff
As Foreign Minister Marise Payne arrives in New Zealand for talks, new figures reveal Australia forcibly deported more than 300 Kiwis while borders were closed.
Stuff
The Government is poised to announce a major shake-up of health service struggling with overflowing emergency departments, deep health inequities, and long surgical waiting lists, but critics say it is unlikely to be enough to turnaround patient care.
RNZ
Opinion - Speculation about National's leadership has died down, writes Bryce Edwards: Judith Collins lives on as leader, but the party desperately needs to rebuild.
RNZ
The National Party is defending its role in the Transmission Gully, following a scathing review that found the project was flawed from the get-go.
Newshub
ACT leader David Seymour says New Zealanders deserve better.
RNZ
New housing price figures show the average price of entry-level houses in Ruapehu has increased by more than 70 percent in the last year.
Newsroom
Ministry officials must take some responsibility for government transparency and accountability.
Stuff
A new code of conduct banning DHB members from making “political comment” may have been timed to dull criticism of imminent changes to the health system, an expert says.
Stuff
A scathing report into the over-budget and much-delayed Transmission Gully has found a string of problems with the way the project was established nearly a decade ago.
Newshub
ACT leader David Seymour has pushed back, saying he's equally "disheartened" by the Prime Minister's remarks.
RNZ
New Zealand's foreign affairs minister is urging the country to diversify its trade arrangements and not put all its eggs all one basket with China.
1 NEWS
SAFE is calling for an immediate ban, but the PM says those in the sector needed time to adjust.
RNZ
While the trans-Tasman bubble is "a significant day" for New Zealanders, any moves to open the borders to other countries will need to be be based on hard evidence, Jacinda Ardern says.
A formal complaint will be lodged over the Southern District Health Board discharging elderly patients in the middle of the night, with Grey Power...
The Conversation
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue might be the most important security alliance you've never heard of – and New Zealand needs to start taking it seriously.
Newsroom
Jonathan Milne: Raising tobacco taxes helps some quit, but impoverishes others. These are the tough calls where ministers earn their pay
The Conversation
Calls to ban far-right groups should be treated with caution. Anything that drives extremism further underground risks making the situation worse.
The Conversation
Two years ago an inquiry called for major reform of New Zealand's mental health services, but since then, things got worse rather than better.
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Yes They Can - So Why Don't They? In matters relating to child poverty, homelessness, mental health, climate change and, of course, Covid-19...
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By Richard Harman - April 16, 2021
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