Health services and programmes

Information about the abortion legislation in New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora contracts with aged residential care providers across the motu for delivery of services to older people.

Information for health professionals

Find out about the Assisted dying service in New Zealand Aotearoa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find out about family violence and sexual violence.

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

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

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 certification for a cause of death or cremation, referring a death to the coroner, WHO guidelines and cause-of-death statistics.

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

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

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

Hospitals provide quality care for serious health problems and illnesses.

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

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