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What reports, briefings, aide-mémoires, and advice, if any, has the Minister received regarding the potential impact on Māori health outcomes of Pharmac's proposal to remove Māori ethnicity as an eligibility criterion for Type 2 diabetes medicines?

Answered Question 20217 (2026)
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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Member for Te Tai Hauāuru · Te Pāti Māori

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  • What reports, briefings, aide-mémoires, and advice, if any, has the Minister received regarding the potential impact on Māori health outcomes of Pharmac's proposal to remove Māori ethnicity as an eligibility criterion for Type 2 diabetes medicines?

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Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

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Titles of all advice that I have received that support delivering access to timely, quality healthcare for all New Zealanders have been, or will be, proactively released on the Ministry of Health, Health New Zealand and Pharmac websites: https://www.health.govt.nz/information-releases/lists-of-advice-provided-to-ministers https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/publications https://pharmac.govt.nz/news-and-resources/official-information-act/list-of-ministerial-briefings