According to our Health Minister - no one is waiting more than a year for Auckland hospital surgery.

Although it is hard to tell if that is actually true without any up to date health data from Te Whatu Ora.

Heading into the election the most recent data we have will be six-months-old the week of the election at the time the next quarterly instalment is due to drop.

National Party Health Spokesperson Dr. Shane Reti joined Mike Hosking to discuss.

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