Dawn chorus: DHBs severely stressed
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TLDR: We’re regularly seeing signs of severe stress in the DHBs after decades of underfunding, very-fast population growth and high levels of child poverty come home to roost. The latest is revealed today in a secret Waikato report that was only revealed after over a year of OIAs.
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