• Abortion services

    Information about the abortion legislation in New Zealand
  • Aeromedical Commissioning Programme

    We are working to transform Aotearoa New Zealand’s air ambulance system to improve patient and community health outcomes.
  • Aged residential care

    Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora contracts with aged residential care providers across the motu for delivery of services to older people.
  • Antenatal screening for Down syndrome and other conditions

    Information for health professionals
  • Assisted Dying Service

    Find out about the Assisted dying service in New Zealand Aotearoa
  • About Book My Vaccine: Information for providers

    Book My Vaccine is a booking tool that connects consumers and vaccine providers together.
  • Border Health

    We work with agencies responsible for border security, customs, biosecurity, policing and immigration to respond to public health risks at the border.
  • BreastScreen Aotearoa

    BreastScreen Aotearoa offers free breast screening every two years for all eligible women aged 45 to 69.
  • Community Pharmacy

    Heath New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora contracts with community pharmacies to deliver pharmacy services to all New Zealanders.
  • Cyber Hub

    The hub is the cyber security information centre for organisations delivering or supporting healthcare in Aotearoa.
  • Data and statistics

    Statistical publications and data sets that increase understanding of our health system.
  • Digital Health

    Digital health is the use of digital technologies and accessible data to help New Zealanders manage their health and wellbeing.
  • Emergency management

    Emergencies can happen anywhere and at any time. They can be caused by severe weather, infectious diseases, industrial accidents, or by people.
  • Environmental health

    This section provides information about a range of environmental health topics including dioxins, drinking water, foodborne illness and more.
  • Family violence and sexual violence

    Find out about family violence and sexual violence.
  • Female Pelvic Mesh Service

    A new national service has been established to support and care for women who have suffered injury from pelvic surgical mesh.
  • Genetic Health Service NZ

    Genetic Health Service New Zealand (GHSNZ) helps assist in diagnosing genetic conditions and supports people with genetic conditions.
  • Green Prescriptions

    A Green Prescription (GRx) is a health professional’s written advice to a patient to be physically active, as part of the patient’s health management.
  • Guidance on burial, cremation and death documents

    Guidance on certification for a cause of death or cremation, referring a death to the coroner, WHO guidelines and cause-of-death statistics.
  • Health Identity

    Information about the National Health Index (NHI), Health Provider Index (HPI), Medical Warning System (MWS) and NES.
  • Healthy Active Learning

    Healthy Active Learning is a government programme that delivers education and health outcomes for children and youth across Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • Health Promotion

    Mahi from our Health Promotion Directorate within the National Public Health Service.
  • Healthy Homes

    We work with families, agencies and local partners to provide education and access to interventions which will create warm, dry and healthy homes.
  • Hospitals and specialist services

    Hospitals provide quality care for serious health problems and illnesses.
  • Immunisation

    Find out about immunisation programmes and registers in New Zealand, refer to the Immunisation Handbook and the Immunisation Taskforce Reports.
  • Infection prevention and control

    Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) refers to the practices and procedures to protect patients, visitors, residents, clients and health workers.
  • Infrastructure and Investment

    Getting our health infrastructure right is crucial to enable the health workforce to deliver care safely and effectively.
  • Māori health

    Whakahiko i te oranga whānau
    Improving the wellbeing of whānau
  • Maternity

  • Mental Health and Addiction

    We’re working to transform New Zealand’s mental health and addiction system.
  • National Bowel Screening Programme

    Learn more about the free National Bowel Screening Programme (NBSP) for people aged 60 to 74.
  • National Cervical Screening Programme and HPV Primary Screening

    HPV testing replaced cytology as the primary method of cervical screening on 12 September 2023.
  • National Public Health Service

    The National Public Health Service works alongside communities to deliver national, regional and local programmes for achieving pae ora.
  • Nationwide Service Framework Library

    The Nationwide Service Framework (NSF) is a knowledge base of standard documentation, business rules and guidelines used to enable planning, commissioning, delivery and analysis of publicly funded health services.
  • National Stroke Clot Retrieval Service Improvement Programme

    Find out about the Stroke Clot Retrieval programme, who's involved, and what we're doing to implement the plan.
  • Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme

    The Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme began in 1969. New Zealand was one of the first countries in the world to have this kind of programme.
  • Oral health

    Information about oral health programmes and services.
  • Organ donation and transplantation

    Learn about Organ donation and transplantation in New Zealand
  • Nutrition

    This section provides information about the Ministry of Health’s work in the area of nutrition.
  • Pacific Health

  • Palliative care

    Palliative care is an approach that focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of facing a life-limiting condition.
  • Planned Care services

    Planned Care services, traditionally known as ‘Electives,’ encompass medical and surgical care for people who don’t need to be treated right away.
  • Primary Care

    Health New Zealand is strengthening primary and rural care, so all New Zealanders receive timely access to quality health care.
  • Public Health

    Public health is about protecting against community health risks and threats, preventing illness, and promoting health and wellbeing across NZ.
  • Rural health

    Nearly a million people live in rural NZ. Accessing healthcare can be challenging in rural areas and people can experience worse health outcomes.
  • Screening

    Health NZ provides bowel, breast, cervical, pregnancy and newborn health screening programmes across Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • Sexual and reproductive health

    Information about sexual and reproductive health services, programmes, initiatives, health promotion, and community education.
  • Transgender services

    Advice for health professionals
  • Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programme

    This national programme ensures those babies detected with a hearing loss receive support from the newborn period through to school entry.
  • Vaping and smokeless tobacco products

    The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 regulates vaping products and smokeless tobacco products in New Zealand.
  • Workplace wellbeing

    Health and wellbeing guidance and programmes for workplaces.
  • Youth health

    Youth health and wellbeing focuses on the healthy development of young people aged 12-24.