10220 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 26 Mar 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	10220 (2025)
Question asked:	12 Mar 2025
Member asking:	Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Portfolio:	Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	23 Mar 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_10220_2025
Document guid:	13d8b8f1-9c59-4cdf-8962-86530bbe95a5

10220 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: Has he received any reports regarding whether Health NZ considers the language used by Brent Goldsack at a finance meeting, specifically, ‘I could cut my f*ing thumbs and fingers off and still have too many fingers to count the number of people on the call that can do accounting,’ to be appropriate?

Hon Simeon Brown: Our Government is focused on delivering timely, quality healthcare for all New Zealanders. Titles of all advice that I have received have been, or will be, proactively released on the Ministry of Health, Health New Zealand and Pharmac websites: https://www.health.govt.nz/information-releases/lists-of-advice-provided-to-ministers https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/publications/ https://pharmac.govt.nz/news-and-resources/official-information-act/list-of-ministerial-briefings.