10416 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Health

10416 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Health: What instructions, directions or advice, if any, broken down by date and title, has the Minister or their office sent to their department, if any, to rollback, rescind or repeal any Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies and practices prior to 07 March 2025?

Hon Simeon Brown: Our Government is focused on delivering timely, quality healthcare for all New Zealanders. As the Member will be aware, on 13 September 2024 a Cabinet Circular was issued to outline the Government’s expectation that public services should be prioritised on the basis of need, not race. I refer the Member to that Circular: https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2024-09/co-24-05-needs-based-service-provision.pdf