PremiumOpinionCecilia Robinson is a founder and co-chief executive of digi-physical primary care provider Tend Health.‌Health NZ is putting $128.4m into a new primary care funding model. Photo / 123RFIt is not often that meaningful change in New Zealand’s health system happens quietly.

Health is usually loud. It is political, personal and often understandably emotional. When things go wrong, they are felt quickly by patients, families, clinicians and communities. The pressure points are visible: long waits, stretched hospitals, difficulty