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Te Pāti Māori on Health

Rebuild Māori-led health system focused on prevention and whānau

Te Pāti Māori says it will rebuild and strengthen a Māori-led health authority. It wants to shift health services away from only responding to crises, toward preventing problems and supporting whole-family wellbeing. The party says services must be easy to reach, culturally safe, and answerable to Māori communities.

What they say they'll do

  • Rebuild and strengthen a Māori-led health authority
  • Shift health services toward prevention and whānau wellbeing rather than crisis response
  • Make health services accessible and culturally safe for Māori
  • Make health services accountable to Māori communities
  • Fund health through tax revenue from the wealthiest

Who this affects

Māori whānau (families)
The party says it will put Māori in charge of designing and running health services, aiming to make those services easier to access and better suited to Māori ways of understanding health and family.
People with long-term or preventable health conditions
The party says it will shift the system toward preventing harm and supporting wellbeing, rather than mainly responding once people are already in crisis.

In their own words

“Re-build and strengthen Māori-led health authority and solutions.”
“Shift the system toward prevention and whānau wellbeing, not just crisis response.”
“A health system that does not understand Māori will keep failing Māori.”
Verify at Te Pāti Māori — official policy page

Summarised neutrally from Te Pāti Māori’s own official policy (as at 2026-06-23) and checked by an editor — never paraphrased without the source linked, and never an endorsement. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Health →

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