Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill
This bill changes how Health New Zealand — the government body that runs public hospitals and health services — is set up and managed. It adds new goals around building and maintaining health facilities like hospitals, and requires the government to set measurable health targets (for things like cancer care and emergency department wait times). It also changes how Māori communities feed into health decisions, shifting from local boards having direct powers to a national advisory committee. The bill also renames the Act, putting the English title first.
What this affects
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The bill sets new goals for Health New Zealand around building and maintaining hospitals, and requires the government to publicly commit to measurable health targets like cancer care and emergency department waiting times.
to provide and plan for quality, cost-effective, and financially sustainable infrastructure to deliver services to New Zealanders
the targets that must be included in the GPS under that section must relate to— (a) cancer management care: (b) the immunisation of children: (c) the admission to, and discharge and transfer of patients from, emergency departments: (d) specialist assessments: (e) elective treatment: (f) access to primary care
requirements for health entities to monitor and report on progress towards meeting the targets
Progress through Parliament
Have your say
This bill is open for public submissions to the Health Committee. Anyone can tell the committee what they think, and you don’t need to be an expert. Submissions close 17 August 2025.
Bill text sourced from legislation.govt.nz (Parliamentary Counsel Office). Arapono’s summary and breakdown are drafted with AI grounded in that official text and reviewed by an Arapono editor for accuracy and neutrality before publishing. Arapono is non-partisan and takes no position on this bill.