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Tend partners with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei takes a strategic stake in Tend Health as the group prepares to expand to 25 clinics.

Key points
  • What’s at stake? A Māori investment and governance partnership that could shape how primary care scales while retaining local control and kaupapa.
  • Background Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei’s long running Ōrākei Health clinic is transitioning into Tend’s national network under a dual ownership structure.
  • Main players Tend Health chief executive Cecilia Robinson, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei chief executive Lisa Davis, and GP Dr Rawiri McKree Jansen.

Tend Health and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei are entering a partnership that will see the hapū’s Ōrākei Health clinic transition to Tend Ōrākei from May 2026.

The deal increases Tend’s network to 25 clinics, with 15 fully integrated into the Tend model by May 2026. Tend currently operates 24

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Key points
  • What’s at stake? A Māori investment and governance partnership that could shape how primary care scales while retaining local control and kaupapa.
  • Background Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei’s long running Ōrākei Health clinic is transitioning into Tend’s national network under a dual ownership structure.
  • Main players Tend Health chief executive Cecilia Robinson, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei chief executive Lisa Davis, and GP Dr Rawiri McKree Jansen.
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