Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
This report shows information on funding to Māori health providers by the Ministry of Health, Te Whatu Ora and Te Aka whai Ora for the period 2018/19 to 2022/23. This report follows on from our reports in 2017, 2021 and 2022 on the same topic and is part of our monitoring of Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan 2020-2053.
Highlights include:
- funding to Māori health providers was $523.5 million in 2022/23, an increase of $213.6 million (or 68.9%) since 2018/19 (see Table 1)
- although funding to Māori health providers is increasing, it remains a small part of Vote Health, at 2.48 % in 2022/23
- the Ministry has begun measuring Other types of funding not included in the figures above (see Table 2). These are: Māori primary health organisations, Māori general practices, and payments for the delivery of COVID-19 services. These payments increased by $196.1 million between 2018/19 and 2022/23, or 210.4%. This is higher than the increase in Vote Health during the same time (26.1%)
- Measuring Other types of funding is subject to large fluctuations particularly funding to Māori PHOs. The fluctuations are due to new PHOs being created, closures and amalgamation of PHOs; and general practices moving between PHOs. Because of this, Table 1 may be a more consistent way to measure changes in funding to Māori health providers.
Total funding to Māori health providers (tables 1 and 2 combined) increased from $403.1 million in 2018/19 to $812.8 million in 2022/23, an increase of $409.7 million or 101.6 percent.
