Oliver Hunt: Is the DHB shake-up a chance to make healthcare more sustainable? 22 Apr, 2021 12:00 AM 4 minutes to read Minister of Health Andrew Little. Photo / Mark Mitchell NZ Herald OPINION: The announcement to dismantle the DHB system by Minister of Health Andrew Little yesterday promises to completely change the sector as we know it. But has the Government just handed the country a celebratory earth-day gift without even realising it? Little's sweeping changes are intended to fix the well-publicised issues which have dogged the sector for decades. Things like our shocking record around Māori and Pasifika health, and the regional budget deficits stretching into unfathomably large numbers.