Politics

Health minister Simeon Brown has signalled plans to appoint a new board for Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora and push for greater decentralisation of services

Letters sent to about 20 general practices and health professionals nationwide warning them of potential legal action for prescribing puberty blockers and other gender-affirming care are not an idle threat, according to former ACT Party MP and Wellington-based lawyer Stephen Franks

Audrey Sonerson, secretary for transport and chief executive at the Ministry of Transport, has temporarily taken on the role of acting director-general of health

A taskforce has been established to review and potentially replace the health system reset plan put forward by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora commissioner Lester Levy 

In support of his view that talk of health system underfunding is fake news, the health minister has cited a Ministry of Health response to an NZMJ editorial 

Claims of under-funding and under-staffing in New Zealand healthcare are ‘fake news’, says health minister Simeon Brown

Pharmacy and the broader health sector are reacting to the news that prime minister Christopher Luxon has replaced health minister Shane Reti after just 15 months in the role, as Jody Hopkinson reports

Plans for the new Dunedin Hospital appear to have veered back towards where they were heading before the Coalition Government last year stymied them 

ACT Party leader David Seymour has proposed giving $6000 to every New Zealander who opts out of the public health system and takes up private health insurance

Prime minister Christopher Luxon has announced the creation of four new Crown research organisations covering bioeconomy, earth sciences, health and forensic science, and advanced technology in his 2025 State of the Nation speech in Auckland today