1 December 2025
David Brotherhood
[FYI request #32717 email]
Tēnā koe David
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00102770
Thank you for your email on 6 November 2025, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA):
On 26 November 2024, then Minister of Health, Hon Dr Shane Reti, announced funding for
50 new senior doctors as well as $10 million for additional specialist nurses and allied
health professionals, with a particular focus on regional or provincial hospitals.
Could you please provide:
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All of the new roles funded through this initiative
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FTE for each new position
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District and region of each new position
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Whether the district is considered rural/provincial
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When the person started in the role
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Whether these roles were funded in 2025/26 budget
Response
For clarity I will respond to each part of your request in turn.
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All of the new roles funded through this initiative
•
FTE for each new position
The fol owing roles have been allocated:
Professional group
FTE
SMOs
51.455
Advanced Nursing
66.46
Advanced Allied Health,
23.9
Scientific and Technical
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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
Health NZ is unable to provide additional details of individual positions, geographical locations or
costs for each role as due to multiple unconnected systems this information, is not readily available
in the form requested.
To provide this information, Health NZ would need to undertake substantial collation across these
systems. Health NZ does hold information centrally regarding approvals across the organisation at
a specific point in time. This information is only collected operationally at a point in time and is
subject to change and does not present an accurate or complete picture of the allocation of funding
in a verified manner. There are thousands of positions being recruited across the organisation and
to confirm where these were all recruited to and at what cost would require substantial col ation
including confirmation with districts about each position.
Please note that in this instance we do not consider that refining the scope of your request would
be likely to mitigate the collation challenges identified above. Therefore, I am declining your
request relevant to the remaining information in scope under section 18(f) of the OIA due to the
substantial collation and research necessary to satisfy your request.
I have considered whether fixing a charge for the supply of the information or extending the
timeframe for response would enable Health NZ to respond. I do not consider that either option
would remove the impact that supplying the information would have on our other operations.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ may proactively
release a copy of this response on our website. All requester data, including your name and
contact details, will be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Sasha Wood Head of Government Services
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
