30Functions of iwi-Māori partnership boards

1. An iwi-Māori partnership board has the following functions:

2. to engage with whānau and hapū about local health needs, and communicate the results and insights from that engagement to Health New Zealand:
3. to evaluate the current state of hauora Māori in the relevant locality for the purpose of determining priorities for improving hauora Māori:
4. to work with Health New Zealand in developing priorities for improving hauora Māori:
5. to monitor the performance of the health sector in a relevant locality:
6. to engage with Health New Zealand and support its stewardship of hauora Māori and its priorities for kaupapa Māori investment and innovation:
7. to report on the hauora Māori activities of Health New Zealand to Māori within the area covered by the iwi-Māori partnership board.

9. In this section, relevant locality means the locality or localities within the area covered by an iwi-Māori partnership board.