Consultation – Draft statements on cultural competence, cultural safety, and hauora Māori

Consultation closed on Tuesday 24 March 2026.

Council consulted on two draft statements:

a.              Cultural competence and cultural safety

b.              Hauora Māori (Māori health and wellbeing)

Consultation outcome

Earlier this year Council consulted on draft statements for the medical profession on cultural competence, cultural safety and hauora Māori. The purpose of the consultation was to seek views and input on the content of these draft statements to inform future development.

Council received a total of 8587 submissions. 8,533 submissions were from individuals, of which 251 were submissions from doctors. There were 54 submissions from stakeholder organisations.

Council would like to thank everyone who took the time to consider the consultation and provide input.

The outcome of consultation and summary of feedback .

Council's decision

Council considered feedback carefully at its meeting on 4 June 2026. The feedback received will be used to inform the development of future standards and guidance under the secondary legislation requirements of the Legislation Amendment Act (2026), which has an implementation date of November 2027.

Council noted that its 2019 Statement on Cultural Safety remains in effect until replaced by the new
secondary legislation.