Health Minister Andrew Little announces the Government plan to abolish the 20 DHBs.
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins has slammed the Government s proposed new national health service saying that it is the wrong time, will be too centralised in Wellington and that the new proposed Māori Health Authority is a move towards a “separatist model”. In an interview with
Stuff, Collins lashed the new proposal, which would abolish the current District Health Boards and replace it with one big new health authority called Health New Zealand that would be overseen by the Ministry of Health. Alongside the new Crown entity, a new Māori Health Authority, with both policy capability and commissioning power would also be created. Minister of Health Andrew Little said he expects that legislation will come before parliament by April 2022.
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Britain s Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Philip at the Royal Ascot horse race in England, in 2011. It follows the funeral for the Prince that took place at St George’s Chapel in Windsor over the weekend. Both the Queen and Prince Philip worshipped at the Cathedral, which is Anglican, in 1968, 1977 and 2002. The Wellington cathedral clergy will don gold and red copes – liturgical vestments – that were made in anticipation of the royal couple’s first visits. In parliament last week, parliamentarians paid their respects to Prince Philip, who among other things, lent his name to the ubiquitous Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
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Thursday, 15 April 2021, 12:43 pm
The Government’s admission that it’s considering
forcing councils to open up more land for housing in the
near future is the right idea, but New Zealanders need a
Government that will take action rather than just think
about it, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins
says.
“It’s nice to see the Environment Minister
thinking out loud about bringing forward parts of the
National Policy Statement on Urban Development. It’s an
acknowledgement that my Member’s Bill to introduce
emergency housing powers is the right approach.”
Ms
Collins’ draft legislation would immediately require all