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Health · Party position

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Invest in prevention and primary care for long-term health savings

The Opportunities Party says New Zealand's health system needs to look beyond hospitals. They want to spend more on GPs, nurses, and stopping people from getting sick in the first place, saying this saves money over time. They also want to pay health workers better, restore smokefree laws, and get political parties to plan the health system together over ten years.

What they say they'll do

  • Develop a cross-party ten-year planning process for the health system
  • Launch 'spend-to-save' primary care and prevention initiatives, including digital health and AI tools
  • Properly fund core health services including ambulances, GPs, and health infrastructure
  • Increase pay and improve conditions for health sector workers
  • Expand and improve training placements to grow the health workforce
  • Reinstate smokefree 2025 legislation

Who this affects

People who visit GPs and primary care services
The party says it will properly fund GPs and primary care, which it describes as central to keeping people healthy and reducing costs.
Health workers (nurses, doctors, paramedics)
The party says it will increase their pay, improve their working conditions, and expand training opportunities.
People who smoke or are affected by tobacco
The party says it will reinstate smokefree 2025 legislation, which was previously repealed.
General public
The party says investment in prevention and public health initiatives aims to stop people getting sick before they need hospital-level care.

In their own words

“Every $1 spent on primary care (like GPs, practice nurses and midwives) can save upwards of $13 in wider health system costs.”
“Launch 'spend-to-save' primary and prevention initiatives, including digital health and AI tools.”
“Reinstate smokefree 2025 legislation.”
Verify at The Opportunities Party — official policy page

Summarised neutrally from The Opportunities Party’s own official policy (as at 2026-06-26) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Health →

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