54412 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

54412 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter April to June 2024 on the priority action ‘ensure accessible, quality and culturally safe antenatal and birthing care, including wrap-around support, for wāhine hapū, and for wāhine Māori and whānau during the early years of a child’s life. This will include options for kaupapa Māori pregnancy and early years care and support. Commissioning of pregnancy and early years services will be informed by wāhine Māori, and locality plans approved by Iwi- Māori Partnership Boards’ under ‘Priority 3: Better outcomes for mothers, whānau, and future generations’ withing the Ministry of Health’s ‘Women’s Health Strategy 2023’?

Hon Casey Costello: I refer the Member to my reply to Written Parliamentary Question 54394 (2024).