6 November 2025 
David Brotherhood 
By email: 
[FYI request #32717 email] 
Ref: 
SBOIA25-948 
Dear David 
Transfer of your request for information 
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 4 November 2025 to 
the Minister of Health, Hon Simeon Brown. You requested:  
“On 26 November 2024, then Minister of Health, Hon Dr Shane Reti, announced funding for 50 new 
senior doctors as wel  as $10 mil ion for additional specialist nurses and al ied health professionals, 
with a particular focus on regional or provincial hospitals. 
See: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/funding-50-new-senior-doctors-
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Could you please provide: 
* Al  of the new roles funded through this initiative
* FTE for each new position
* District and region of each new position
* Whether the district is considered rural/provincial
* When the person started in the role
* Whether these roles were funded in 2025/26 budget"
Your request is more closely connected with the functions of Health New Zealand. Therefore, this 
Office has decided to transfer your request to Health New Zealand under section 14(b)(i ) of the Act. 
You can expect a response from them in due course. 
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions 
made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at: 
[email address] or by cal ing 0800 802 602. 
Yours sincerely 
Reef Stewart 
Private Secretary (Advisor/Media) 

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