Vaughan Gunson: New Zealand health system restructure - five issues to consider
4 May, 2021 05:30 PM
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Health Minister Andrew Little, flanked by Associate Health Ministers, from left, Aupito William Sio, Peeni Henare and Dr Ayesha Verrall, after announcing the Government s health reforms. Photo / NZME
Health Minister Andrew Little, flanked by Associate Health Ministers, from left, Aupito William Sio, Peeni Henare and Dr Ayesha Verrall, after announcing the Government s health reforms. Photo / NZME
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The restructuring of our health system announced by Health Minister Andrew Little has raised issues we re going to be analysing and discussing for some time.
Andrew Little denies Māori Health Authority based on He Puapua report
3 May, 2021 11:39 PM
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Health Minister Andrew Little says he has not even read the report National claims led to the Māori Health Authority. Photo / File
Health Minister Andrew Little says he has not even read the report National claims led to the Māori Health Authority. Photo / File
Health Minister Andrew Little has denied claims from National the Māori Health Authority is based on a wider report about New Zealand realising its obligations to Māori self-determination.
National Party leader Judith Collins alleges the Government is creating two systems by stealth , with separate systems for Māori, by enacting recommendations in the report He Puapua without public consultation.
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No amnesty for thousands of users or suppliers of illicit medicinal cannabis - Andrew Little
4 May, 2021 04:38 AM
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Health Minister Andrew Little will review access to medicinal cannabis - but not until later this year after more products hit the New Zealand market. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Health Minister Andrew Little will review access to medicinal cannabis - but not until later this year after more products hit the New Zealand market. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Derek Cheng is deputy political editor for the New Zealand Heraldderek.cheng@nzme.co.nz
Health Minister Andrew Little says the Government has no plans for an amnesty for the thousands of people in the illegal market for medicinal cannabis.