About the data

The Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 disestablished 20 district health boards (DHBs) and merged them into a new organisation, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. The Act also established the Māori Health Authority | Te Aka Whai Ora. Some functions or parts of functions of the Ministry of Health and several Shared Services Agencies were transferred to Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora or the Māori Health Authority | Te Aka Whai Ora.

The Government passed legislation to disestablish the Māori Health Authority | Te Aka Whai Ora, after two years in operation, as at 30 June 2024. Most of its functions were transferred to Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and the Ministry of Health on 31 March 2024.

The data covers seven years before the reforms (1 July 2015 to 30 June 2022), one year for Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023), and one year for the Māori Health Authority | Te Aka Whai Ora (1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023). We will add more data for after the reforms (from 1 July 2023) as it becomes available and has been audited.

Service performance is best understood through a mixture of quantitative measures, qualitative indicators and qualitative descriptors. The information presented here only tells part of the story. More information can be found in Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora’s annual reports.

Legal requirements for reporting

Legislative requirements for the district health boards' performance reporting were set out in the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 and the Crown Entities Act 2004.

Legislative requirements for the performance reporting of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and the Māori Health Authority | Te Aka Whai Ora are set out in the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 and the Crown Entities Act 2004.

A Crown entity is required by the Public Finance Act 1989 to prepare end-of-year performance information for the appropriation if it is named as a “performance reporter” in relation to that appropriation.

Page updated: 26 July 2024