Rejecting the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill
MHF oppose this Bill's negative impact on tino rangatiratanga, and the mental health and overall wellbeing of all New Zealanders.
In this submission to the Parliamentary Health Committee, the Mental Health Foundation recommends this Bill be rejected because it removes:
- most of the legal mechanisms that support an equal Te Tiriti o Waitangi-based partnership with Māori, including the expression of tino rangatiratanga and equitable outcomes
- the health sector's focus on protecting and promoting health and wellbeing; equally prioritising mental and physical health; and valuing the views of people with lived experience of mental health challenges.
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