Te Whatu Ora

Data from the Office of the Chief Coroner shows inequity persists as Māori are disproportionately represented in suicide statistics.

It called for voluntary redundancies in August as it tries to cut costs to head off a huge deficit.

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand were gifted the plans and Hauora Māori Priority Reports, which highlighted whānau voices, in a kete.

A whānau from Northland says they are being subjected to vilification by Oranga Tamariki

The appointment of the only remaining member of the Health NZ as Deputy Commissioner makes a farce of the decision to bring in Commissioners, Labour says.

Te Whatu Ora’s chief clinical officer Richard Sullivan says it will ensure a small group of cancer patients will get free early access to the drug Keytruda.

Labour doesn’t accept the Governments ‘spin’ that the health system isn’t ready to deliver Keytruda cancer treatments.

Te Whatu Ora will block 20 to 30 patients from receiving Keytryda until the drug is funded by Pharmac on October 1.

The report recommended the tool continue to be used in the hospitals it’s already been rolled out in, but under strict conditions and on the basis improvements are made.

The party says Health NZ should have a "single-minded focus" on health priorities, and that karakia "detracts from that goal".