Not press releases. Not soundbites. The mechanism each party proposes, who it's meant to help, and the dollar figure attached — set out side by side so you can compare them yourself before you vote.
Includes AINZ, a fictitious party built as a thought experiment to test what an "AI-systems-first" health policy would look like against real proposals — clearly marked throughout and excluded from the real-party count.
Reinstates national health targets — wait times, cancer treatment access, immunisation rates — with quarterly public reporting by region to "focus the system on doing better." Includes a one-off Immunisation Incentive Payment of $10 per enrolled patient to GP clinics that lift immunisation rates by five percentage points or reach 95%, across three age bands.
Source: national.org.nz — "Targeting better health outcomes" & "What we've delivered for you"
Positioned primarily as critic of the current government's health record (wait lists, ED delays, immunisation drops) rather than publishing a single detailed 2026 health package at time of writing. Has previously supported retaining and continuing to fund Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority) while in government, though has been light on further detail about strengthening it.
Source: PHCC party survey (2023, positions largely maintained per 2026 election reporting) & general 2026 campaign coverage.
Frames health as shaped by housing, income, education and environment — not treatable in isolation — and commits to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi across the health system. Opposes the government's move to give private hospitals 10-year outsourcing contracts for elective surgery, calling it a step down the wrong path. Backs a free, universal public dental service, citing a "Dental for All" report that found it affordable.
Source: greens.org.nz — "Health Policy" & "Complete Party Policy"; Dental for All report coverage.
Calls for 20–25% of all health funding to be channelled through a re-established, strengthened Māori Health Authority, arguing Māori currently die on average a decade earlier than non-Māori. Proposes free primary and dental care, and free medication delivery to the home, for whānau earning under $60,000/year. Lowers the age for Māori cancer screening by 10 years. Has criticised the government's "one-size-fits-all" targets — including removal of ethnicity from hospital wait-time decisions — as equity being erased by averages.
Source: Scoop — "Te Pāti Māori Unveils Comprehensive Health Policy"; PHCC party survey; Scoop — "Government's 'One-Size-Fits-All' Health Policy Is Killing Māori" (2026).
General policy direction favours reducing bureaucracy and enabling private-sector and market mechanisms to relieve pressure on the public system, consistent with the party's broader approach across housing and planning (property rights, opt-outs, competition). A detailed, itemised 2026 health-specific policy document was not located separately from the party's general fiscal-restraint and efficiency platform.
Source: inferred from ACT's general 2026 platform and housing/RMA policy pattern; direct health-specific citation not found.
"See the System, Fix the System." A live national health dashboard replacing quarterly reporting; AI-assisted triage that routes referrals to whichever provider — public, private, or kaupapa Māori — has actual capacity right now; mandatory ethnicity- and deprivation-disaggregated reporting built permanently into every regional report, rather than ring-fenced into a separate authority that can later be disestablished; and 5-year-ahead workforce shortage forecasting.
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