Health New Zealand and the Ministry of Health are joining communities across New Zealand today, to commemorate World AIDS Day.

World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2025 (18-24 November) is a global call to urgent action. This year’s theme, “Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future”, emphasises the growing ...

Summary The 2025 annual sales return user guide covers the step-by-step instructions for the following license types: General retailers: who are required to submit one return for each company/person, ...

The HIV Monitoring Report is an annual assessment under the HIV Monitoring Plan: Measuring progress against the National HIV Action Plan for Aotearoa New Zealand 2023–2030.

Briefings, memos and aides mémoire to Hon David Seymour Associate Minister of Health, 1-31 October 2025.

The Misuse of Drugs (Classification and Presumption of Supply) Order 2025 (the Order) classifies 23 substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (the Act). Cabinet has agreed to classify these ...

The programme to Assess and Recover Radioactive Instruments and Articles (ARIA) is operated by the Office of Radiation Safety. ARIA makes expert radiation safety scientists available at no cost who ...

The Government is reviewing health workforce regulation to improve New Zealanders’ timely, quality access to healthcare. We have an opportunity to put patients at the centre, modernise and streamline ...

This independent report prepared by the Public Health Advisory Committee for the Minister of Health, reviews progress in addressing the determinants of health equity and wellbeing in Aotearoa, ...

Tatau Kahukura 2024 provides a snapshot of the health of Māori compared with non-Māori. It presents key indicators relating to the socioeconomic determinants of health, risk and protective factors for ...

Our climate is changing. These changes are affecting what we value most in our lives, including our health and wellbeing. This first Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP) is an important step towards ...

This report is the result of an inspection of Canterbury – Waitaha adult inpatient and associated mental health services. The Director of Mental Health has powers under section 99 of the Mental Health ...