Te Kāhui Hauora recently submitted our opposition to Health Minister Simeon Brown’s Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill, which seeks to weaken the legislative role of the 15 Iwi Māori Partnership Board and erase Health New Zealand’s legal requirement to address health inequities for Māori.
The amendment bill, now being examined by the Health Select Committee, is the latest in a very long list of legislative changes which seek to undermine Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. While the bill has not received as much attention as other legislation proposed by the Coalition Government, it is just as damaging and rewinds years of work.
We also made a joint submission with the other 14 IMPBs nationwide—you can read the submissions by clicking the links below.
Te Kāhui Hauora o Te Tauihu submission on Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill
Submission by Iwi-Māori Partnership Boards on the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill