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The Government has delivered a new hospital for Greymouth and is starting work on a much needed new health centre in Westport, ensuring local communities will benefit from better access to high quality integrated health services.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Prime Minister
  • Health

A nationwide plan to tackle more than 800,000 hectares of wilding pine infestations over the next year will generate up to 550 new jobs and help prevent future wild fires, say Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor and Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Biosecurity
  • Civil Defence

New research released today confirms using whānau-centred approaches in primary health care services is key to achieving better health and wellbeing outcomes for Māori and Pacific whānau.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Health
  • Whānau Ora

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare welcome the deployment of five more DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) buoys.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Civil Defence
  • Foreign Affairs

Transitional housing provides much needed support for Taumarunui whānau.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Māori Development
  • Whānau Ora

The Government has committed to improving Māori health and wellbeing over the next five years.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Health

The Government has put $30,000 towards a Mayoral Relief Fund to support communities impacted by the recent flooding in Northland, the Civil Defence Minister, Peeni Henare announced today.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

The Government is on standby to assist communities across Coromandel, Northland and Tairawhiti following extensive flooding overnight.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

Whānau in North Island communities are set to test the benefit of a new localised commissioning approach, Minister for Whānau Ora Peeni Henare an

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Whānau Ora

New kaupapa Māori primary mental health and addiction services are being sought, Associate Minister of Health, Peeni Henare has announced today.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Health

The National Transition Period over the whole of New Zealand due to the impacts of COVID-19 was terminated today, 8 June 2020 at 1:53PM, Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare has announced.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

The Government will invest over $900 million in response to COVID-19 to support our whānau, tamariki and all Māori so we can rebuild together, Māori ministers announced today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Māori Development

The State of National Emergency across New Zealand has been lifted and a National Transition Period is now in place as the country prepares to move to COVID-19 Alert Level 2, Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare has announced.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

The State of National Emergency to support the COVID-19 response will be extended a sixth time, for a further seven days.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

The State of National Emergency to support the COVID-19 response will be extended a fifth time, for a further seven days.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

The Government has approved a further $30 million support package to bolster the delivery of food and welfare assistance by local authorities and Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups to those who need it the most as New Zealand fights COVID-19.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

The State of National Emergency to support the COVID-19 response will be extended a fourth time, for a further seven days.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

Across the motu, the Māori response package has supported hard-to-reach and vulnerable whānau during the COVID-19 pandemic including those who live in remote areas, kaumātua and the homeless. 

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
  • Māori Development
  • Tourism
  • Whānau Ora

The State of National Emergency to support the COVID-19 response will be extended a third time, for a further seven days.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

The State of National Emergency to support the COVID-19 response will be extended a second time, for a further seven days.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

The State of National Emergency to help stop the spread of COVID-19 has been extended for a further seven days, Minister of Civil Defence Peeni Henare said.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

Associate Health and Whānau Ora Minister Peeni Henare has today announced the Government’s plan to support Māori communities and businesses in the face of COVID-19.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
  • Employment
  • Health
  • Māori Development

Southland residents hit by flooding caused by heavy rainfall can now access help finding temporary accommodation with the Government activating the Temporary Accommodation Service, Minister of Civil Defence Peeni Henare announced today.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence

Minister of Civil Defence Hon Peeni Henare announced today that the Government will contribute $100,000 to the Southland regional Mayoral Relief Fund, to support communities impacted by the recent flooding in Southland.

  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Civil Defence