In 2017, concerned at the difficulties many people in Kāpiti were facing accessing health services, Mayor Gurunathan asked Kathy Spiers to set up a meeting of interested parties and explore options for improvements that could be made to health and wellbeing in Kāpiti.

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From that meeting the Kāpiti Health Advocacy Group (KHAG as it was then) was set up to identify health service improvements needed for Kāpiti.  A second group was set up to arrange a petition seeking a hospital for the area.

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By the end of 2018 it had become clear that the community expected the emphasis to shift from advocacy to action and in July 2019, Kāpiti Health Advocacy Group evolved into a smaller Kāpiti Health Advisory Group, currently Chaired by Sandra Daly.