Huge changes are being made to the country's health system this week.
On Friday, district health boards disappear and Health NZ and the Maori Health Authority take over.
Wairoa, in Hawke's Bay is one of the new locality pilots.
The localities are a way for districts to tell the Government what they need.
Our Hawke's Bay reporter Tom Kitchin spoke to the Wairoa District Council chief executive Kitea Tipuna who is part of a local working group on the reforms.
