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What the hell is happening with Health NZ & Tend Health?

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Mountain Tūī
Jun 19, 2025
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OPINION/ANALYSIS:

“Why, How, and What Happened?”

Last night, 1News revealed that Tend Health was granted Primary Health Organisation (“PHO”) status days after Health NZ lifted its ban1 on new PHOs.

I’ve covered2 Tend Health over the last few months. My last article estimated an outfit like that could easily get up to $1.358 million3 in management fees from ta…

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