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Lester Levy leaves Health NZ - Mark Darrow takes chair

16 April; 2026

Lester Levy concludes his tenure as Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora board chair at the end of this month with Mark Darrow taking over from May alongside new board members Michael Schubert and Bryan Betty.

NATIONAL SYSTEMS & STRATEGY

HiNZ and DHA bring cross-sector leadership forum to Wellington

15 April; 2026

Health informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) and the Digital Health Association (DHA) are bringing together government, clinical, health provider, iwi and industry leaders on May 12 in Wellington to explore the future of healthcare delivery in Aotearoa.

EVENT

National panel for AI scribe suppliers to be established

15 April; 2026

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has released a Request for Proposal to establish an open panel of suppliers for AI ambient scribe solutions to improve clinical productivity and experience.

AI & ANALYTICS

Grants for online GP consult spaces offered as GenPro says national telehealth service falling short

15 April; 2026

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is offering one-off infrastructure grants of up to $10,000 to create private digital spaces for online GP consultations at urgent care services, after hours facilities, rural hospitals, and integrated health services.

DIGITAL PATIENT

Eight PHOs to jointly procure AI-enabled health platform

15 April; 2026

Eight Primary Health Organisations (PHOs) from across the country have launched a joint procurement process to identify a shared, AI-capable technology platform for primary health operations.

AI & ANALYTICS

Features

Medtech Global launches AI-powered intelligence layer, moving beyond traditional scribing

23 February; 2025

Industry Innovation Article - Medtech Global
Kiwi GPs can now benefit from an artificial intelligence tool, providing context-aware patient summaries and automated clinical documentation fully integrated with Medtech Evolution.

AI & ANALYTICS

Views

My View - Digital safety is patient safety

26 March; 2026

Health professionals and leaders must demand that digital infrastructure be treated with the same clinical rigor as any other medical tool, writes Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall.

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE

My View - Telehealth is not the point

2 April; 2026

Fellow of HiNZ Ruth Large writes that if telehealth were a pill, we would not prescribe it indiscriminately, and digital health deserves the same clinical discipline.

DIGITAL PATIENT