New Zealand Acts

PAE ORA (HEALTHY FUTURES) ACT 2022 - SECT 43

43 Pacific Health Strategy

1 The Minister must prepare and determine a Pacific Health Strategy.

2 The purpose of the Pacific Health Strategy is to provide a framework to guide health entities in improving Pacific health outcomes in New Zealand.

3 The Pacific Health Strategy must—

a) contain an assessment of the current state of Pacific health outcomes and the performance of the health sector in relation to Pacific peoples; and

b) contain an assessment of the medium and long-term trends that will affect Pacific health and health sector performance; and

c) set out priorities for services and health sector improvements relating to Pacific health, including workforce development.

4 Subsection (3) does not limit what may be included in the Pacific Health Strategy.

5 In this section,
"Pacific health" means the health of Pacific peoples.