Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has developed guidance to support secure aged residential care providers and Health New Zealand staff know how to verify and record that each person has a valid legal basis for their placement in secure care.
GuidanceChildren and young peopleHealth infrastructure
26 Sep 2025
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora,
This guidance is for health and education agencies to design, provide and enable appropriate rangatahi support spaces within school facilities with a focus on School-Based Health Services (SBHS). It has input from Health NZ, Oranga Tamariki, Ministry of Education and rangatahi to facilitate appropriate clinical spaces with privacy, whilst making it comfortable for rangatahi to seek help.
The National Chest Injury Guideline provides a foundation of clinical guidance hospital services can adapt for use within the context of their local infrastructure, capacity and capability.
Guidance for clinical leaders on managing healthcare workers' return to work post-infection or exposure to acute respiratory illness, including COVID-19.
GuidanceRisk assessmentEnvironmental healthPublic health
10 Jun 2025
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora,
This document provides an assessment of the potential public health impacts of venomous spiders (primarily Latrodectus taxa) in table grapes imported to New Zealand.
This document explains what electric and magnetic fields are, identifies some of their sources (eg, powerlines), and discusses their potential health effects.