08/10/2026
https://pmn.co.nz/read/health/pacific-dialysis-patient-among-cases-behind-usd70m-health-nz-debt
Read this PMN article and was really concerned about the implications from the reliance on RNZ as an authority i.e. Pacific are largely liable for $70 million debt to Health NZ. Balanced media would include breakdown of stats of ethnicities also liable. At this time unscrupulous MPs can misuse information like this. If Pacific are largely responsible then give stats.
The Tongan man was granted a visa to continue treatment in Aotearoa as Te Whatu Ora tries to recover unpaid costs from visitors and migrants.