[4] On 1 July 2022, the Counties Manukau DHB was merged into Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand), which took over the functions and responsibilities of the former DHBs including hospitals and health services.

[5] Counties Manukau was subsumed into Te Whatu Ora's Northern division.

[6] Middlemore Hospital is the largest facility under the management of CM Health, however they manage multiple other facilities, which include Kidz First Children's Hospital, the Manukau Surgery Centre, Pukekohe Hospital, Franklin Memorial Hospital, Botany Downs Maternity Unit and Papakura Maternity Unit as well as dedicated mental health and rehabilitation units.

[7] The area covered by the Counties Manukau District Health Board is defined in Schedule 1 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 and based on territorial authority and ward boundaries as constituted as at 1 January 2001.

[9] CM Health is divided into four divisions, Otara-Mangere, Manukau, Franklin , and Eastern.

Of this 28.5%, 114,000 or 24% of CM Health's population are registered with a general practice within the Eastern Locality.

The majority of Eastern Locality is persons of Chinese and/or Indian descent; it is estimated that over two-thirds of CM Health's Chinese population and one-third of its Indian population live within the Eastern Locality.

The minister also appoints the chairperson and deputy-chair from the pool of eleven board members.