Health services and programmes

Information about the abortion legislation in New Zealand

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

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.

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

Whakahiko i te oranga whānau
Improving the wellbeing of whānau

We’re working to transform New Zealand’s mental health and addiction system.

Learn more about the free National Bowel Screening Programme (NBSP) for people aged 60 to 74.

HPV testing replaced cytology as the primary method of cervical screening on 12 September 2023.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Learn about Organ donation and transplantation in New Zealand

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Advice for health professionals

This national programme ensures those babies detected with a hearing loss receive support from the newborn period through to school entry.

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