22 Apr 2021

LDR Taranaki: how health reforms received in district

From First Up, 5:33 am on 22 April 2021

Yesterday the government revealed its plans for the biggest shakeup of the healthcare system in decades, including doing away with District Health Boards and creating a new Maori Health Authority. The reforms have implications for every corner of New Zealand and this morning we'll hear how the news is being received in Taranaki. Nathan Rarere spoke with Local Democracy Reporting programme journalist Craig Ashworth and began by asking him what people have been saying about the proposed health reforms.