60188 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

60188 (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 action ‘Proactively support and expand the right for Māori to exercise their authority over matters affecting their lives and the aspiration for pae ora (healthy futures), including via the new Māori Health Authority, committees such as the Public Health Advisory Committee and through iwi Māori partnership boards’ under ‘focus area 1: Ensure Māori leadership and decision-making at all levels’ within the Ministry of Health’s ‘Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan’?

Hon Casey Costello: This Government remains committed to the Smokefree 2025 goal but supports a change in approach to the way the goal is achieved.