This bill amends the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022. Its objective is to improve the effectiveness of health services delivery to patients.
This bill has been accorded urgency in the House. First detected 11 July 2026, 9:19am UTC.
The avenues that remain: petitions to Parliament (including seeking amendment or repeal); consultation on the regulations that often follow an Act, which do carry public submission windows; and the member in charge or your electorate MP on implementation problems — post-passage corrections ride in later amendment bills.
| Stage | Sitting day | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of the whole House | 30 Jun 2026 | The committee stage of the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill was completed. source · debate & vote (Hansard) |
| Third reading | 30 Jun 2026 | The Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill was read a third time. source · debate & vote (Hansard) |
Dates are sitting days as recorded by the Office of the Clerk; a sitting extended under urgency continues under its original day. Readings are decided by party vote: each party casts its members’ votes en bloc (proxies included), so the whole House needn’t be present and individual attendance isn’t recorded — the party-by-party tally for each reading is in that day’s Hansard, linked per stage above.
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Published 15 Jul 2026, 7:20am UTC (separate from, and later than, the alert timestamp above)
· model: claude-opus-4-8
In short: The bill repeals Māori-focused health provisions, adds statutory GPS health targets, empowers the Minister over Health NZ's collective bargaining, and renames the Act.
“After section 3(c), insert: (d) ensure that patients get timely access to quality health services.”
“The Minister may direct Health New Zealand to— (a) consult the Public Service Commissioner before it appoints specified officers or employees, or specified classes of officers or employees: (b) delegate some or all of Health New Zealand’s collective bargaining to the Public Service Commissioner.”
“9 Section 7 repealed (Health sector principles) Repeal section 7.”
“17 Section 16A repealed (Engaging with and reporting to Māori) Repeal section 16A.”
“The functions of iwi-Māori partnership boards are to— (a) engage with local Māori communities about their health needs, aspirations, and health outcomes; and (b) communicate the results and insight insights from that engagement to the Hauora Māori Advisory Committee.”
“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.”
“28 Sections 56 to 58 and cross-heading repealed Repeal sections 56 to 58 and the cross-heading above section 56.”
“The board of Health New Zealand must establish an infrastructure committee.”
Taken under urgency; the compressed timetable limited scrutiny even where a committee stage existed.
Method: the model reads the bill as published (claude-opus-4-8); every claim above carries a verbatim span of that text, checked mechanically — claims that fail the check are dropped, not softened. Text analysed from an archived copy of the official text. Full methodology →
A motion to accord urgency to the following business was agreed to: - the remaining stages of: - the Antisocial Road Use Legislation Amendment Bill; - the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill; - the Offshore Renewable Energy Bill; - the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill; and - the Regulatory Systems (Primary Industries) Amendment Bill; - the first reading and referral to a select committee of: - the Building Amendment Bill; and - the Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill; - the second reading of: - the Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill; - the Crimes Amendment Bill; - the Land Transport (Revenue) Amendment Bill; - the Infrastructure Funding and Financing Amendment Bill; and - the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (3 Day Postnatal Stay) Amendment Bill; - the first reading and referral to a select committee of: - the Community Magistrates Legislation Amendment Bill; and - the Environmental Reporting Amendment Bill; - the second reading of: - the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill; and - the Emergency Management Bill (No 2); - the first reading and referral to a select committee of the Regulatory Systems (Social Security) Amendment Bill (No 2); - the discharge and re-committal to a select committee of the Regulatory Systems (Courts) Amendment Bill; and - the remaining stages of: - the Regulatory Systems (Tribunals) Amendment Bill and the Regulatory Systems (Occupational Regulation) Amendment Bill; - the Mental Health Bill; - the Plain Language Act Repeal Bill; and - the Constitution Amendment Bill.
