The Māori Health Authority is not a Crown partner, but it is the vehicle through which the Crown's obligation to meet its obligations to Māori are met. The Māori Health Authority also draws on the input of the iwi-Māori partnership boards. The iwi-Māori partnership boards are a product of iwi. That is where the nexus between Māori and Te Ao Māori and the health system really sits, and they are involved in helping to establish, or at least to appoint, the board members of the Māori Health Authority. 