Pharmac

The board made the decision to disestablish the group in order to put more focus on other partnership arrangements already in place.

Jordan said Seymour was wrong, and was incorrect in assuming a focus on the Māori-Crown relationship came at the expense of anything else.

In the letter, Seymour believed that embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi across the health sector was not an appropriate expectation to place on Pharmac.

This comes after the government announced a $1.77 billion boost, making it Pharmac’s biggest budget at $6.29 billion.

A top cancer specialist says Pharmac chief executive Sarah Fitt should step down over "offensive" emails. Patient advocate Dr Malcolm Mulholland is backing the call.