Integrated care and collaborative leadership webinar recording

THINK Hauora, supported by Collaborative Aotearoa, recently hosted a webinar to explore what high‑performing, place‑based integrated primary care can look like in practice when grounded in local context, whānau aspirations, and strong cross‑system relationships. 

Amarjit Maxwell, CEO THINK Hauora, alongside Jodeme Goldhar, global expert in integrated care and collective capability building in, and Professor Chris Cunningham, Massey University, facilitated the kōrero. They were also joined by Nicky Hart, from Local Health, to share perspectives of “General Practice – The Connector of the Health System”. 

Kōrero was based on: 

• place‑based integrated care and population health approaches
• ministerial expectations framed as shared system challenges
• practical, realistic commitments that reduce burden and support practices to succeed. 

A central thread across all speakers was that integration is a relational discipline. Practised daily, built on trust, and only meaningful when Māori and community voices are co-designers rather than afterthoughts. A grounding reminder came from the general practice perspective: that general practice is already the hidden integrator of a fragmented system, doing the connecting work every day without dedicated funding to do so. The recording (1.5hr) is available for those who'd like to go deeper.