About the New Zealand Health Plan

The New Zealand Health Plan is the three-year plan legislated under the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 for Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ).

The purpose of the plan is to provide a three-year costed plan for the delivery of publicly funded services by Health NZ.

New Zealand Health Plan | Te Pae Waenga

Read the New Zealand Health Plan | Te Pae Waenga

Timely access to quality healthcare
1 July 2024 - 30 June 2027

 

The New Zealand Health Plan is informed by the Health Status Report, which is an assessment of our population’s health needs. The plan focuses on improving health for populations identified in the Health Status Report as experiencing worse health outcomes. 

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Previous plans

Te Pae Tata | Interim New Zealand Health Plan 2022

Te Pae Tata | Interim New Zealand Health Plan 2022 outlined the first steps to becoming a health service delivery system that better serves all New Zealand’s people and communities.

The plan covered a period of reset while the foundations of our health system changed. As an initial plan, it outlined what we would do differently to establish the basis of a unified, affordable and sustainable health system.

Te Pae Tata | Interim New Zealand Health Plan 2022 replaced 20 different district annual plans. The interim plan was designed to begin transformation while a full-scale New Zealand Health Plan was worked on.

Te Pae Tata | Interim New Zealand Health Plan 2022