Part of the reason is a Health NZ rule. Primary Health Organisations must unenroll anyone in prison (sentenced or on remand), however long they’re inside for (even if just for a few weeks). Health NZ told us it has done no policy work on why this rule exists in the first place.
WHY NOT?????
Vote this cruel lot OUT
https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/11/03/campaign-cut-through-maori-leaving-prison-are-set-up-to-fail/
