Hon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister of Health): On Wednesday, 21 April, I announced major reforms to the New Zealand health system that will make healthcare accessible for all New Zealanders. The new health system will replace all district health boards with one national organisation, Health New Zealand; establish a new Māori health authority; establish a new public health agency; and strengthen the Ministry of Health to monitor performance and advise Government on policy matters. The reforms will mean that, for the first time, we will have a truly national health system, and the kind of treatment people get will no longer be determined by where they live.