“Last year the PSA asked the Privacy Commissioner to investigate the impact of cuts to Health NZ’s digital services workforce but he refused,” Fitzsimons said. ”We call on him to reconsider this given the Manage My Health data breach." ‘A very concerning breach of patient data’ - Simeon BrownMinister of Health Simeon Brown has called the ManageMyHealth breach “a very concerning breach of patient data”. “ManageMyHealth is a private company responsible for protecting patient data, and it is responsible for this incident. Between 6 and 7% of the approximately 1.8 million registered users, up to 126,000 people, may have been impacted by the security breach.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 03, 2026 10:40 UTC