In July 2022, the Lakes DHB was merged into the national health service Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand).

[2] The Lakes DHB's functions and operations were subsumed into Te Whatu Ora's Te Manawa Taki division.

[3] The area covered by the Lakes 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.

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

[7] The percentage of people born overseas was 17.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.