[4] In late November 2023, the incoming National-led coalition government announced plans to abolish Te Aka Whai Ora and return to a single integrated health system.

[5] In mid December 2023, Lady Tureiti Moxon and Janice Kuka filed a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal challenging the Government's dissolution plans.

[11] Similar sentiments were echoed by National Party leader Judith Collins, who likened it to racial segregation and called for public consultation on the matter.

Ngarewa-Packer also urged Collins to read National's own 2020 election review which advocated making Māori a "priority area".

[18][19] In October 2021, the government introduced the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill to formally entrench its proposed health reforms.

The allied ACT Party leader David Seymour had also earlier denounced the MHA as an example of racial discrimination and argued that services ought to be provided based on need rather than ethnicity.

[23] Similarly, the allied New Zealand First leader Winston Peters had advocated abolishing Te Aka Whai Ora in order to eliminate "separatism."

[5] To dissolve the agency, Cabinet must first approve of the dissolution and Parliament has to repeal Section 17 of the Pae Ora (Health Futures) Act 2022.

"[26] On 14 December 2023, Lady Tureiti Moxon and Janice Kuka filed a claim at the Waitangi Tribunal, challenging the Government's plans to dissolve Te Aka Whai Ora.

The Government also conceded its plans to dissolve Te Aka Whai Ora had been motivated by political expediency during the 2023 election campaign.

[31] Lady Moxon described the Government's decision to pass legislation dissolving the Māori Health Authority prior to the scheduled Waitangi Tribunal hearing on 29 February as disrespectful.

In response, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Dr Reti said that the agency's dissolution was part of the National-led government's 100-day plan.